by Tharon Johnson | Dec 6, 2017 | The Forum
It is official – Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms has likely been elected to serve as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta. She came out ahead of Councilwoman Mary Norwood by a nearly identical margin as Mayor Kasim Reed did in 2009, a margin that currently sits at 759...
by Tharon Johnson | Nov 29, 2017 | The Forum
Tax reform has long been one of the core arguments that Republican politicians use to run for office. The message is simple – “if you elect us, we will lower your taxes and reduce the size of government.” That message has always meant different things to...
by Tharon Johnson | Nov 22, 2017 | The Forum
Pretend that there is an election coming up in which you can vote. There are two candidates in the race – one of those candidates is an attorney who prosecuted members of the Ku Klux Klan for bombing a black church. The other candidate in the race is a...
by Tharon Johnson | Nov 14, 2017 | The Forum
Despite recent gains, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals count themselves among the least represented members of American government at the local, state, and national levels. But all that started to change last Tuesday. This...
by Tharon Johnson | Nov 8, 2017 | The Forum
Though the Atlanta mayor’s race has sucked much of the electoral oxygen out of the room for the last few months, there were many other races on the ballot yesterday. All told, there were 400 seats up for grabs – most municipal, though a few for the Georgia...
