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Activists in rural Georgia seek more robust effort to get Black voters to the polls

Oct. 16, 2024 10:39 AM EDT

DAWSON, Ga. (AP) — The Rev. Ezekiel Holley was in his early 20s when white supremacists burned down two Baptist churches in Terrell County, Georgia. Local activists had used the spaces to organize a few years before the Civil Rights Movement won federal protections for Black Americans at the...

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown

Sep. 19, 2024 17:09 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Wednesday he wants Congress to have more control over selecting the U.S. postmaster general after a mail-service breakdown in his state. Ossoff's proposed Postmaster General Reform Act would require the U.S. Senate to...