Savannah

Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery

Russ Bynum and Ben Nadler, Associated PressMay 7, 2020

Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood.

Op-Ed Opinion

Why Georgia is the Place for Black Migration and Politics

Roger HouseMarch 22, 2019

The midterms revealed that the margin for victory in Georgia is within reach. Abrams lost to Republican Brian Kemp by about 55,000 votes out of nearly 4 million votes cast. Clearly, a surge in the size of the Black voter base could close such a gap and end a drought in state representation dating to Reconstruction.