Dianne Mathiowetz

<span class="streamer2">Mother’s five-year struggle wins a victory </span><br />Cops indicted in Jamarion Robinson’s death

Atlanta, Oct. 31 Monteria Robinson’s life changed Aug. 5, 2016. That day a 16-person police force from multiple agencies under…

November 2, 2021

One more white supremacist symbol falls

Decatur, Georgia A diverse crowd gathered on Decatur Square on Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 11, to honor the Muscogee…

October 12, 2021

78th birthday of Imam Jamil Al-Amin

The 78th birthday of political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as the Black militant activist, H. Rap Brown) was…

October 11, 2021

A broken taillight – an excuse for police murder?

Atlanta On Aug. 7, 2020, 60-year-old Julian Lewis, a semiretired Black carpenter, was driving home in Sylvania, Ga., after going…

September 28, 2021

No cop city! Battle for the Atlanta forest not over

Let me tell you the story about how a small group of wealthy and powerful corporate leaders, known as the…

September 21, 2021

Alabama coal miners rally: “No contract, No coal!”

Brookwood, Ala. Aug. 4 — While travelling on the winding, two-lane road leading into Brookwood, one gets a sense of…

August 6, 2021

Solidarity rally for striking Alabama miners

Preparations are under way in Brookwood, Ala., for an Aug. 4 solidarity rally for striking United Mine Workers (UMWA) members…

August 3, 2021

Homeless union forms in Atlanta

Atlanta On the evening of July 4, the federal holiday known as Independence Day, an encampment of 15 or more…

July 14, 2021

“Sleep-in” challenges Georgia benefit cuts 

Atlanta Unemployed workers pitched tents in front of the Georgia Department of Labor June 24 in downtown Atlanta in preparation…

July 2, 2021

Atlanta: ‘No Pride in Detention’

Members of several trans and Latinx organizations assembled at the Atlanta ICE headquarters June 15 to declare “No Pride in…

June 22, 2021