May 21 Watch 6:35 The WNBA is celebrating 25 years of resilience. When will it get equal treatment? By Amna Nawaz The Women’s National Basketball Association is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. The WNBA has fought for national recognition of its athletes and has been at the forefront of the fights for racial justice and LGBTQ equality. Despite its share… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 6:02 Stacey Abrams: Voting rights not a question of partisanship, but of 'peopleship' By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan, Alex D'Elia There is a growing fight over voting access in the U.S. and Georgia is at the center of the conflict, with Democrat Stacey Abrams as a driving force behind change in the state. On Tuesday, Abrams was honored at the… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 7:31 How two Georgian doctors in the U.S. became COVID-19 heroes back home By Hari Sreenivasan, Marita Tevzadze, Ana Jegnaradze, Sam Weber When COVID-19 hit the nation of Georgia last year, its residents turned to an unlikely source: two Georgian doctors who had immigrated to the U.S. and had been battling the pandemic for months. Dr. Nana Gegetchkori in New York City… Continue watching
Apr 29 Biden turns to Georgia to begin pitch for huge spending plan By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press With his visit to a state he won by fewer than 12,000 votes, Biden set out to build public support for his plan and try to persuade resistant Republicans that his massive proposal is an investment that the country can't… Continue reading
Apr 28 U.S. indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Georgia man By Michael Balsamo, Russ Bynum, Associated Press The criminal case charging the three men in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Road trip nostalgia is good news for this third-generation family business By Rickey Bevington, Georgia Public Broadcasting After more than a year of pandemic lockdown, the tourism industry is preparing for millions of newly vaccinated Americans to catch travel fever. That’s a business opportunity for a third-generation Georgia restaurateur whose family name was once synonymous with the… Continue watching
Apr 19 Georgian opposition parties sign deal to end political crisis By Associated Press Georgia has edged closer to ending a months-long political crisis after several opposition parties signed a deal brokered by the European Union. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: 28 percent of U.S. population fully vaccinated as infections continue rising In our news wrap Monday, new numbers show 28 percent of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Yet infections are rising again - with Michigan leading states. A police chase in Georgia left three officers wounded and… Continue watching
Apr 11 Biden sees 'win' for U.S. in electric vehicle battery deal By Matthew Daly, Tom Krisher, Associated Press The agreement between LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation ended the need for Biden to intervene in a case closely watched for its implications on Biden's clean-energy agenda, which includes a sharp increase the number of electric vehicles as part… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 9:32 Black corporate leaders condemn Georgia voting law for 'disproportionate' access to ballot Georgia's recent voting law instating new ID rules for mail-in ballots has led 72 Black CEO's to write a full-page ad in The New York Times urging corporate executives to oppose the law. One of the signers of that letter,… Continue watching