Tracking Atlanta

Peachtree Crosswalk Press Conference PRESS CONFERENCE RSVP Why This Event Lives have already been lost crossing Peachtree Street. The City of Atlanta has approved safety designs for this location, including a raised crosswalk that has ...

Join us tomorrow at noon, near 225 Peachtree Street, for a press conference to demand the city fulfill its promise to build a raised crosswalk. In addition, please sign the petition calling for change.

RSVP and sign: www.letspropelatl.org/peachtreepre...

With approved designs and funding in place, yet no sign of action, we say: a safer Peachtree Street should not be this difficult — nor this delayed. With lives lost at this very spot, additional delay will put more people at risk for injury and death.

candles and posters for the victims outside the parking deck

close up of the signs from the unions and abolish ICE and alex pretti’s VA portrait

at a vigil for the victims of ICE at the VA hospital in east atlanta

Georgia companies poised to bring in $10 billion from ICE and Border Patrol contracts As public outrage mounts over federal immigration operations, new analysis shows a key Southern state is home to companies that could bring in more than $10 billion to assist Border Patrol and ICE.

Hey Georgia folks, is your employer on this list of firms with ICE/CBP contracts?

"Is it safe to drive in Atlanta? ATL DOT urges residents to stay off roads"

I'd love for this (from last weekend) to not be about winter weather and instead just be a general statement about keeping cars off the road. 😅

Atlanta Homeless Population Continues to Rise, PIT Count Shows - Capital B News - Atlanta Unhoused men expressed gratitude for aid workers as they shared their stories about living on the streets.

Atlanta’s overall population is about 46% Black, but its homeless population was about 80% Black last year.
Metro Atlanta’s homeless population has been on the rise for the past three years.

atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-home...

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I hope Sara Gregory will still be on staff :(

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

Atlanta, your voice matters. Join the Restoration Memorial and Preserve Master Plan meeting to share ideas for the former Atlanta Prison Farm site and help shape its future as a public memorial and green space.
Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Coan Park Recreation Center

Downtown Atlanta skyline

Colorful sunset over Downtown Atlanta, as seen tonight from the window of an in-motion MARTA bus.

a valley of kudzu between Woodbine Ave and Vaughn St, covered in ice. Sugar Creek runs through the middle.

another angle of the icy kudzu, all brown and gray and wintry. in the middle distance, Ruby Meadows stands out with its pops of bright color.

looking east where trees and Sugar Creek dominate the scene.

good morning from the Edgewood Kudzu Valley

All the obstacles Atlanta politicians putting up to make it difficult to expand transit be like

Micah McClure of Black Male Initiative Georgia says the actions ICE is undertaking are the same actions that police forces have undertaken in Black neighborhoods for decades.

A hundred or so protestors stand outside the ICE office building

Maybe a hundred people are gathered outside the ICE field office in Downtown Atlanta to protest against the Trump administrations immigration policy and deportation campaign.

Hey, don’t give the Atlanta Police Foundation any more ideas

Fulton County warming centers:
(Other counties can be found in the article)

Why Atlanta Roads Are So Deadly for Black Pedestrians - Capital B News - Atlanta The mothers say gaps in policing and prosecution allow drivers to avoid consequences in deadly crashes.

“[They] didn’t just take our child’s life, they took our lives as well.” - Courtney Thompkins, mother of Quanisha Ball, who was hit and killed by a driver while she was crossing Scott Boulevard in North Decatur. https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-pedestrian-deaths-exceed-homicides/

How Atlanta Communities Are Stopping Data Center Development - Capital B News - Atlanta By tracking zoning changes, educating neighbors, and pressuring elected officials, Atlanta residents are winning battles against data center expansion.

By tracking zoning changes, educating neighbors, and pressuring elected officials, Atlanta residents are winning battles against data center expansion. https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-communities-fight-data-centers/

Help Preserve Black History by Sharing Your Story Capital B is building an archive of Black oral history, told in your voices and words.

Have you ever wondered about experiences Black elders in your family have had but never shared? Now is your opportunity to make sure those stories don’t get lost. https://capitalbnews.org/oralhistoryproject/

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Graphic announcing DeKalb County warming centers open Sat Jan 24, Sun Jan 25, and Mon Jan 26, 2026, starting 6am, due to freezing temps and dangerous wind chills. 24-hr sites: Exchange Park Intergenerational Center, 2771 Columbia Dr, Decatur; Frontline Response International, 2585 Gresham Rd SE, Atlanta; St. Vincent de Paul, 2050-C Chamblee Tucker Rd, Chamblee; Tobie Grant Rec Center, 593 Parkdale Dr, Scottdale. Revised Sun morning transportation begins in 7am hour from Frontline HQ, 2585 Gresham Rd SE, Atlanta. Walk-in access at Frontline HQ starts 6am Sat. Community partners include New Life Community Alliance Warming Center, 3592 Flat Shoals Rd, Decatur, and Tucker First UMC Cold Weather Refuge, 4315 Church St, Tucker, intake 7–9pm, phone 470-431-7800. For help call 404-334-3610 or visit dekalbcountyga.gov/weather. Please share with anyone who may need a warm place.

DeKalb County warming centers open Sat Jan 24–Mon Jan 26 starting 6am. 24-hr sites, revised Sun morning transportation, and walk-in access at Frontline HQ.

Info: dekalbcountyga.gov/weather | 404-334-3610
Please share with anyone who may need a warm place.

As Atlanta Braces For Snow, Here's Where to Find Warming Centers Officials are urging residents to take precautions now amid warnings of hazardous travel and potential power outages.

Officials are urging residents to take precautions now amid warnings of hazardous travel and potential power outages. https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-warming-centers-winter-storm/

A quarter depicting poet Maya Angelou, her arms are outstretched with rays of light coming out above her head

About to give my bus driver the blessed Maya Angelou Quarter

Pregnant woman in medical distress being deported from US, attorney says Woman who is eight months pregnant on verge of being sent to Colombia by ICE

“A 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and in a state of medical distress is being deported from Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, a human rights attorney said …”

“The mother was deemed to have a credible fear interview and permitted to file an asylum application,” the attorney said.

Atlanta City Council meeting January 20, 2026, live thread.

He was bulldozed to death when Atlanta cleared his homeless camp. Will there ever be justice? After Cornelius Taylor’s death, the city made promises to change its homelessness policy – but his friends say it didn’t follow through

Let us remember Cornelius Taylor.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

He was bulldozed to death when Atlanta cleared his homeless camp. Will there ever be justice? After Cornelius Taylor’s death, the city made promises to change its homelessness policy – but his friends say it didn’t follow through

Let us remember Cornelius Taylor.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Three years today. The cops are already killing protesters—it's not a line we haven't crossed, it's a thing already happening—but lots of people never heard about or paid attention to this one. So it goes

ATL: this is about two miles from the atlanta airport and is in a densely populated area. the evacuation & shelter-in-place orders extend a half mile from the plant (rough illustration by yours truly below)