MARTA, Voting Rights, and the World Cup

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of the World Cup, voting rights, and public safety in Atlanta.

Greg Bluestein is joined by Patricia Murphy and former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin to dig into the collision of events bearing down on the city: the World Cup, a redistricting special session, and growing organizing around voting rights. Franklin weighs in on the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling, what it could mean for Georgia's congressional map, and Keisha Lance Bottoms' path in the governor's race. Then, with Tia Mitchell, Greg sits down with MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher to take on the surge in violent incidents on the transit system just as hundreds of thousands of World Cup visitors are about to arrive. Have a question or comment for the show? Call or text the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 770-810-5297. We’ll play back your question and answer it during our next Monday Mailbag segment. You can also email your questions at PoliticallyGeorgia@ajc.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Greg Bluestein

Guests: Patricia Murphy, Shirley Franklin, Scott Kreher

Topics covered

• MARTA
• Voting Rights
• World Cup
• redistricting
• Georgia politics
• public safety
• elections

Keywords

• MARTA
• Voting Rights
• World Cup
• Georgia
• Shirley Franklin
• redistricting
• public safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MARTA, Supreme Court

Places: Georgia, Atlanta

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