Atlanta Archives - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism

Opinion | Gaza | protest | Stop Cop City | Free Gaza Encampment

In Atlanta, Police Violence Ties Together Protests for Gaza, Stop Cop City

Police intervention at the student encampment for Gaza at Atlanta’s Emory University was faster and more violent than most. Protestors expected and were prepared for it, thanks to the ongoing movement to stop police militarization.

Kamau Franklin, Oren Panovka | Jul 9, 2024

Campus Protests Continue as ICC Issues Arrest Warrants

Investigative reporter Arun Gupta analyzes the latest news on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

| May 22, 2024

Analysis | Disability Justice | Defunding Police | Stop Cop City | Georgia

Cop City Is a Disability Justice Issue, Too

Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S.

Marianne Dhenin | Mar 4, 2024

Can Monthly Cash Payments Make Our Economy More Equitable?

Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 11, 2022

Opinion | API Stories | Mass Shootings

Contextualizing Anti-Asian Violence in Atlanta

A Korean-American organizer in Georgia reflects on the Atlanta spa shootings, and how the shooter was motivated by an American legacy of racialized misogyny and fetishization.

Su Choe | Apr 1, 2021

Help Fund Powerful Stories to Light the Way Forward

Donate to YES! today.

In Atlanta, Police Violence Ties Together Protests for Gaza, Stop Cop City

Campus Protests Continue as ICC Issues Arrest Warrants

Cop City Is a Disability Justice Issue, Too

Can Monthly Cash Payments Make Our Economy More Equitable?

Contextualizing Anti-Asian Violence in Atlanta

Inspiration in Your Inbox.