Tag: Donald Trump
Our favorite write-in votes from Atlanta’s 2017 elections
"Donald Duck," "Darth Vader," "Eat my shorts," "Migos," "LOL," "Someone who isn't a sell-out, please," and "Harambe." Atlantans like to get creative when they don't like their voting options.
Kasim Reed says Atlanta will honor the Paris climate agreement. What will the city’s next leader do?
Here's where some of the leading candidates running to replace Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed stand on President Donald Trump's decision and what they would do, if elected, about climate change.
At 85, Andrew Young has a lot on his mind
Before the Andrew J. Young Foundation's annual Leadership Awards, we sat down with the civil rights leader and former U.N Ambassador and discussed Donald Trump, mayor Kasim Reed, and fighting poverty.
What you’ll see at this weekend’s NRA Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Boasting "15 acres of guns and gear," the 2017 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting has attracted roughly 800 exhibitors, gun enthusiasts galore, and even the President of the United States for the first time in 34 years.
The Democrats’ $8 Million Man: What would a Jon Ossoff victory mean?
“The fact that people are paying attention to races they otherwise wouldn’t indicates that Democrats and even some moderate Republicans are eager to send a pretty strong message to Trump and the GOP establishment,” said Emory professor Michael Leo Owens, who specializes in urban politics.
We wanted to tell you the story of Atlanta’s unsung kitchen workers, but we can’t.
Hugely important to the restaurant industry, immigrants are scared right now.
Georgia Senate seems happy to honor anyone—but not Sally Yates
Called privileged resolutions, the pieces of legislation give state senators and representatives a chance to recognize, flatter, or console people who achieved notable deeds or just deserved a nod. And more often than not, their colleagues go right along with the nod of recognition. Not for Sally Yates.
The story behind PBS’s new John Lewis documentary
We chatted with Kathleen Dowdey, the director of the project, which airs Friday, February 10.
Commentary: The fact we need to defend Atlanta and John Lewis is sad indeed.
A week from being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States and days before the federal holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., Donald J. Trump took umbrage with criticism levied by Georgia congressman John Lewis, who questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s election, what with the steady drip of reports about Russian hacking and all.
The first book about the 2016 election is already out (and it’s by an Atlanta Magazine alum)
On the night of the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Lake was in CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C., watching Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, and the rest of the network’s politics team narrate the craziest story in modern American electoral history. For the past 18 months, he’d been working full-time on a book about the election—a book that audaciously (or insanely, depending on your perspective) was designed to be released just a week after the election. Yes, a week.
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