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OP/ED: Public must demand new referendum for MARTA sales tax, speak out against retaliatory actions

Local News July 1, 2022By On Common Ground News

By Ed Williams, Ed.D. In 1971, the citizens in DeKalb and Fulton counties voted to levy a one-percent sales tax…

OP/ED: We must close the equity gap to provide better healthcare for sickle cell patients

Local News May 17, 2022By On Common Ground News

By Georgia Rep. Billy Mitchell As a state legislator and the president of the National Black Caucus of…

OP/ED: Georgia Governor, State schools chief must make underfunded schools top priority

Op/Ed May 11, 2022By On Common Ground News

By State Rep. Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) The recent educational crisis within the DeKalb County School System…

OP/ED Lessons to be learned in Oscar slap: All moves have consequences

Local News March 28, 2022By On Common Ground News

By Orrin Hudson Be Someone Founder/CEO, Stone Mountain, GA Those who were watching the Oscar…

Op/Ed Ensuring excellence in electoral process: We must get it right

Local News March 10, 2022By On Common Ground News

By Dele Lowman Smith DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections Board Chair DEKALB COUNTY, GA— At a…

OP/ED: New and Non Voters: Don’t cumbereth the ground! Bottled salt (uncast votes) leads to bland food (local government)

Op/Ed September 8, 2021By On Common Ground News

By Andrew Wells, Stonecrest Resident There is an old parable about a man who planted a fig tree…

Rockdale Democrats salute Congressman Hank Johnson for getting in “Good Trouble”

Local News July 27, 2021By On Common Ground News

By Rosalyn Ridgeway Chair, Rockdale County Democrats Rockdale County Democrats would like to commend our 4th District Congressional Representative, Hank…

OP/ED: SMMA, Georgia lawmakers must cease to honor the Stone Mountain Park Confederacy memorial

Op/Ed June 8, 2021By On Common Ground News

By Al Chatman DeKalb County resident Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often quoted William Cullen Bryant in saying,…

Op/Ed Resurrection

Op/Ed June 3, 2021By On Common Ground News

“Stonecrest’s woes are simply bumps in the road… It will survive.” By Kathryn Rice, Ph.D. The Rice Report …

OP/ED: Georgia Governor’s “Report Card’ underscores much work needed in South DeKalb schools

Op/Ed April 5, 2021By On Common Ground News

By Lance Hammonds Chair of the Rockbridge Coalition The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement produces an annual “Report Card”…

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