Austin Rojas

“What’s the word for watching your people being torn to pieces, burned alive, buried under rubble with no way out, shot at for wearing keffiyehs and speaking Arabic, imprisoned for simply being Palestinian, beaten, traumatized, dehumanized, vilified, every single day?”

Austin reported from the reelection event at the ILA Union Hall

Since the Solidarity Rally the week prior, the death toll in Gaza had nearly doubled

'There's nothing controversial about saying, stop the Gaza genocide. And standing up is what we have to do for it. It's one of those things people like to say, oh it's political, but it's not, you know?'

The agenda had a seemingly lengthy 28 items, but many were taken up simultaneously and without debate

One major theme running through Thursday’s council meeting was the extent to which tinkering around the edges is held up as a major accomplishment

For even the casual City Council observer, it should come as no surprise to find that numerous purchases were approved unanimously and without discussion

In the 30 years after the Civil War, an organized biracial labor movement formed on and around Savannah’s dock, created multiple crises, won historic victories, and was ultimately put down by the combination of bosses and government

Council denied a zoning request and a separate annexation in a rare occurrence

Trickle-down economics has never worked and it won’t work for housing

How the city and federal government work to ease, but not fight, the housing crisis

It’s critical that we remember the central role that the City places in creating our lived spaces

The transformation of Savannah from a working city to a tourist destination began with the 1949 Housing Act

These items undoubtedly help promote “Good Government,” but do they advance or address the needs of average citizens?

The first in a series looking at Savannah's centuries-long struggle with affordable housing