EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

"It's really a case about a journalist who was targeted because of his filming of police and ICE. And so it feels like it's part of a much broader censorship regime that we're seeing." - @attorneynora.bsky.social with @kristaldixon.bsky.social of @axios.com #FreeMario www.axios.com/local/atlant...

“Mentally, if we're seeing that someone who's innocently walking down the street gets attacked simply because of the way that they look, that is causing more and more irrationality on what feels safe and what doesn't feel safe," said Eliamonic Lopez, a licensed professional counselor

Many thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for helping get these restrictions lifted. Looks like all filings are now available on PACER.

Success! Restrictions are now lifted on the Guevara docket. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It's bleak out there. But we're gonna do some good this week. How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help a bunch of ATLiens this week, and we need your help. Give what you can. Tell everyone you know. unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...

Victory! A federal judge has temporarily halted Georgia Senate Bill 185, calling the ban on gender-affirming care a violation of the 8th Amendment—a major win for incarcerated trans people in GA who deserve essential healthcare! Read from @atlpresscollective.com @ bit.ly/gasb185. 📸: Getty Images

The Immigration Court of Appeals just ordered Mario Guevara to be deported.

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If you’ve watched the news recently, you’ve seen countless examples of free speech under attack. Behind the scenes, nonprofit outlets are also seeing philanthropic foundations pull back their support for our work in fear of retaliation by the administration.

"I think a lot of times scientists might want to just put their heads down and try to do what they can within their sphere. I think it’s really important for us as Americans to speak up and speak out. I hope my fellow Asian Americans, whether they’re in science or healthcare, will also speak out."

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Atlanta's immigration court has earned a reputation as one of the harshest in the country. @aaaj-atlanta.bsky.social is working to change that through a new court watch program.

🔴 LIVE NOW: Join us as we discuss steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with: @attorneynora.bsky.social @scarletprim.bsky.social @caitlinvogus.bsky.social @writeralejandra.bsky.social Samantha C. Hamilton Marium Uddin 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZP...

The Atlanta City Council selected Carden Wyckoff, a disability advocate, to fill the District 2 vacancy through the remainder of the term—104 days from today.

🔔 Join us today to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. 🕒 4 p.m. EDT RSVP: freedom.press/arrested-by-...

Atlanta City Council meeting, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 live thread

🔔 Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. 🕒 Sept. 15, 4 pm EDT RSVP: http://freedom.press...

People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.

Two years after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr brought a 61-person racketeering indictment against the Stop Cop City Movement, a Fulton County Superior Court judge intends to dismiss the RICO charges.

We are live with today's Cop City RICO motions hearings, where Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is expected to dismiss counts one and three of the indictment.

Cop City RICO motions hearings day 3 live thread:

We are live with today's Cop City RICO motions hearings, where Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is expected to dismiss counts one and three of the indictment.

Cop City RICO: Today, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is expected to dismiss at least counts one and three of the racketeering indictment against 61 people. Motions hearings began Monday and were scheduled to continue throughout the week. Up to 57 motions were expected to be heard.

Must read from the @atlpresscollective.com atlpresscollective.com/2025/09/05/a...

Day two of the Cop City RICO motions hearings ended early after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer heard a motion to quash Counts One and Three of the RICO indictment. Farmer expressed that he is likely going to issue an order to dismiss those counts.

Today's Cop City RICO motions hearing has begun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1...

Day 2 of the #StopCopCity Georgia RICO case motions hearing (57 motions total!) getting underway momentarily - we'll be live tweeting updates on @unicornriotlive.bsky.social so follow us there - court video stream available thanks to @atlpresscollective.com: www.youtube.com/@AtlPressCol...

Cop City RICO: Motions hearings day 2. We'll be live-streaming the motions hearings all week on our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe and hit the bell button to get notifications when we go live. youtube.com/@atlpresscollective

Housing Justice League debuts ambitious housing policy vision for Atlanta The group’s “Housing First” platform urges the city to define affordability based on local income metrics.

We were having some issues with audio quality earlier; it should be better now.

Cop City RICO motions hearings Sept. 8, 2025, live thread. Live video stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJvX...

Two years after Attorney General Chris Carr brought a racketeering indictment against 61 people in response to the Stop Cop City movement, trials are set to begin in earnest this week. Today, a judge will begin hearing motions for four of those charged, as they challenge key aspects of the case.

Here's our motion, which for now you won't be able to access on PACER given the restrictions. Huge thanks to @atlpresscollective.com for serving as our local counsel! www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The Intercept is still fighting for transparency in federal immigration cases. Today, we filed a motion to lift docket restrictions in the case of journalist Mario Guevara, who's fighting his detention in Georgia: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71204...

287g training power point from Forsyth, GA (this is the training that deputizes local LEOs allowing them to perform certain functions of federal immigration agents) 1/3

On Thursday, a federal judge halted Georgia's ban on gender-affirming care for incarcerated people. U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia Victoria M. Calvert didn't mince words: “The implementation of SB 185 was not a medical judgment; it was a policy judgment.”

The AJC, with 40,000 print subscribers in a metro area of 6.3 million, will publish its last newspaper at the end of the year

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

The Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee heard competing visions for the future of the Atlanta City Detention Center during Monday's committee meeting.

Atlanta transit advocacy organization Propel ATL released a survey for residents to provide feedback on its 2026-2029 policy agenda.

Influential progressive organization Working Families Party released its endorsement of six Atlanta municipal election candidates.

Unfortunately, no live thread for the Atlanta City Council today. I caught covid over the weekend, and I’m still under the weather.

BREAKING: The Cop City domestic terrorism charge against Jamie Marsicano has been dropped. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams issued an order Thursday, stating that the 29-month delay in moving the charge forward violated Mariscano's speedy trial and due process rights.

BREAKING: marta Board member Thomas Worthy will submit his resignation to the Governor's office next week. He is running for Atlatnta City Council District 7