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Is Georgia Waiting for Its Jobless to Just Kill Themselves? How State GOPers Made Unemployment Hell on Earth

George Bauer, AlterNet. April 2, 2012.

Red-state deficit politics become personal when Georgia's Republican majority cuts unemployment benefits.

Newt's Cinderella Return To Georgia, Super Tuesday's Most Delegate-Rich State

George Bauer, AlterNet. February 29, 2012.

The most pugnacious of the GOP presidential hopefuls returns to his roots to re-imagine his campaign.

Will 2012 be the Year of State-Required Drug Tests for Public Benefits?

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 18, 2012.

Statehouse politicians across the country are already racing to see who can be next to introduce a bill that would require drug testing of people receiving public benefits.

Georgia Keeps Kids Languishing in Foster Care Because Their Parents Are Undocumented

Marie Diamond, ThinkProgress. December 3, 2011.

A custody fight in Georgia illustrates the biases of a foster care system that subverts the parental rights of undocumented and non-English speaking parents.

The Long, Murderous Arm of the Law Has Killed Troy Davis

Kai Wright, Jamilah King, Colorlines.com. September 21, 2011.

After a long delay from the Supreme Court, Troy Davis was executed at 11:08 PM Wednesday night, despite over a million people asking for clemency.

Troy Davis's Execution Will Be a Judicial Lynching

Amy Goodman, Comment Is Free. September 16, 2011.

Despite evidence that he's innocent, Troy Davis faces execution on September 21. With a culture that cheers Rick Perry's execution record, what chance does he have?

Forced Labor? Georgia's Anti-Immigrant Law Is Pushing Probationers Into Farm Work

s.e. smith, AlterNet. June 30, 2011.

Draconian anti-immigrant laws have pushed immigrants out of farm work in Georgia. The solution? Push people on probation into those jobs.

"I Submit My Used Tampon As Evidence": Helping Out the Right-Wingers Who Want to Investigate My Womb

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. February 27, 2011.

A Georgia bill would require women to file police reports when they miscarry. Let's get women to provide the sponsor with evidence: pictures of their used tampons.

Can Georgia Compete with Arizona as the Most Anti-Immigrant State in the Republic?

Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050. December 16, 2010.

Two harsh bills have already been filed ahead of Georgia's 2011 legislative session.

Another Senseless Drug War Death

Radley Balko, Reason.com. March 26, 2010.

Stunning developments in the 2009 police shooting of Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers.

Why One Undocumented Student is Walking the Trail of Dreams

Carolyn Goossen, New America Media. March 17, 2010.

Carlos is one of the four Trail of Dreams walkers – students walking 1,500 miles from Miami to Washington, D.C. –who are calling for the implementation of The Dream Act.

Georgia Republican Cites

Georgia Republican Cites "Ghetto Grandmothers" to Promote Proof-of-Citizenship Legislation

Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress. October 5, 2009.

Rep. Nathan Deal has since released a statement saying "I regret my choice of words and in no way meant to offend anyone."

Biden Says Guantanamo Will Close by January

Agence France Presse July 23, 2009.

"We are going through every single detainee's records... to make a judgment about whether or not they should be tried [or] ... released," Biden told the BBC.

My Brother, Troy Davis, An Innocent Man on Death Row

Martina Correia, Comment Is Free. May 20, 2009.

My brother has faced the death chamber three times for a murder he didn't commit. Now he's in danger of getting a new execution date.

Don't Let Georgia Execute an Innocent Man: Join the Global Day of Action for Troy Davis

Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch. May 18, 2009.

Troy Davis has faced execution three times in two years despite damning proof of his innocence. We can't allow this injustice to continue.

Dirty South: The Georgia Sex Panic Builds

Staff, American Sexuality Magazine. March 4, 2009.

A Georgia state legislator is on a rampage against sexuality researchers and educators.

That Was No Small War in Georgia -- It Was the Beginning of the End of the American Empire

Mark Ames, Radar. December 13, 2008.

The war in Georgia will be remembered as the place where the American Empire fell on its face.

So ... There's An Election in Georgia Today

Matt Stoller, Open Left. December 2, 2008.

Jim Martin is up against Saxby Chambliss in Georgia today, and there just is not that much enthusiasm for this race on the Democrati side.

Palin Is Hitting the Campaign Trail for Chambliss

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post. November 25, 2008.

Palin is going to Georgia on behalf of GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss who is in a runoff election against Democrat Jim Martin.

Unhinged Chambliss Grabs Camera When Asked About Lawsuit

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. November 21, 2008.

The pressures of the runoff and the continuing questions about his ties to a scandal-scarred sugar company seem to be getting to Chambliss.

U.S. Senator Keeps Using Racially Loaded Language

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. November 12, 2008.

Citing "high percentage of minority vote" in Georgia, Chambliss laments not getting "our folks" out to vote.

GOP's 2008 Legal Strategy: Target Every Battleground State

Steven Rosenfeld, November 1, 2008.

So much for McCain's claim that "the fabric of democracy" is being torn. It's only being ruffled by Republicans in battleground states.

Voting Watch: Twelve States To Follow on Election Day

Electionline.org, October 31, 2008.

If there's going to be voting problems on Election Day, chances are it will be in these 12 states.

Obama Widens the War Map: Goes After Arizona and Other 'Red' States

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 31, 2008.

It's one thing to open offices and organize volunteers in these states, but we're talking about TV advertising in the last four days.

The New York Times' Biggest Screw-up Since They Sold the War in Iraq

Mark Ames, The Nation. October 28, 2008.

Deconstructing the NYT fairy tale of the poor innocent small democracy of Georgia attacked by a cruel Cold War Russian monster.

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