Dianne Mathiowetz

Sanitation workers in McDonough, Ga., walk out

An important labor strike is happening in McDonough, Ga., just south of Atlanta. Workers at Republic Services/Allied Waste are members…

April 28, 2013

School workers march to keep benefits

Georgia school workers marched in Atlanta on April 20 along with their union, student and community allies to claim victory…

April 28, 2013

Youth shout down Klan & Nazis

Atlanta  — A few dozen Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, in full racist regalia, stood on the steps of the…

April 28, 2013

Georgia immigrants say, ‘Sí, se puede!’

Thousands of immigrant workers and their families rallied and marched in Atlanta, one of the many cities taking part in…

April 17, 2013

Georgia school workers score victory

Atlanta — On the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tenn., low-wage workers…

April 8, 2013

Activistas de Atlanta detienen ejecución hipotecaria

Atlanta, 10 de diciembre - Activistas defensores de la vivienda han incrementado la lucha contra los embargos, los desahucios y…

December 19, 2012

Atlanta housing activists stop foreclosure

Atlanta, Dec. 10 — Housing justice activists ratcheted up the struggle against foreclosures, evictions and homelessness by reclaiming a boarded-up, bank-owned…

December 13, 2012

Pride Day march in Atlanta

Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to cheer and applaud the huge parade that filled Peachtree Street and…

October 26, 2012

Selma, Ala., community protests monument to KKK leader

The struggle to stop the construction of a monument to Nathan Bedford Forrest, first grand Dragon of the Ku Klux…

October 14, 2012

Atlanta remembers Troy Davis on Sept. 21

“We need to dismantle this unjust system …” Troy Davis had written shortly before his execution by the state of…

September 13, 2012