Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Georgia

Freelance Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Georgia Journalist | @NYTimes @AtlCivicCircle | formerly @Florida_Today/@USAToday @stateaffairsGA @phnompenhpost @themessenger. @USC ‘14. Speaks: 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷

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Around Military Bases in the U.S., Unease Over What Comes Next

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Katie Benner |Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Jamie McGee |Valerie Crowder

For some families who gathered this weekend at Fort Benning in Georgia, the past few days have served as a solemn reminder of the unsettling emotions military service can bring. On Friday, a group of Army enlistees graduated from basic training. On Saturday, President Trump bombed Iran. On Sunday, service members and their loved ones pondered an uncertain future. “People can lose their life, so I’m worried,” said Michele Bixby, 24, of upstate New York, whose brother had just graduated.
DeKalb police hand journalist Mario Guevara over to ICE

1 week ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Mario Guevara, the journalist arrested at a June 14 protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was transferred to the federal agency’s custody today – but his whereabouts are unknown – according to his attorney. Guevara is a prominent independent journalist in metro-Atlanta known for his Spanish-language coverage of ICE and the Latino community.
PSC Primary Election results: District 3 Dems head to runoff, Echols fends off GOP challenger

1 week ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols secured a decisive victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary for District 2. Democrats Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard will advance to a July 15 runoff election in District 3. Registered voters can vote in the runoff if they selected a non-partisan or Democratic ballot or did not vote at all in the June 17 primary election.
Local journalist arrested at protest placed on ICE detainer

1 week ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Katie Guenthner

Mario Guevara, a prominent Spanish-language journalist, was arrested while covering a protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday. He should have been released on Monday on a signature bond. Instead, ICE placed a detainer on him, his attorney told Atlanta Civic Circle. “We were able to secure a signature bond for him this morning,” said Guevara’s attorney, Giovanni Diaz.
At anti-Trump rallies, first-time protestors get a taste of activism — and tear gas

1 week ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Katie Guenthner

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown — and its heavy-handed approach to governance in general — drew thousands of demonstrators to rallies across Atlanta on Saturday. For some, it was a first-time experience — an introduction to protest activity, and to crowd-control chemicals.
PSC election update: Where do campaign finances stand before the primary?

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

With just two days left of early voting before the Public Service Commission primary election on June 17 for Districts 2 and 3, the latest round of campaign finance disclosures is mostly in. Candidates had until June 9 to file their June 2 disclosures, but as of June 11, not all the reports appeared on the Georgia Ethics Commission website. This was, in the case of Lee Muns at least, the Republican challenging incumbent Tim Echols, due to technical difficulties.
Anti-ICE protests in LA spark Atlanta activism

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Katie Guenthner

In solidarity with protests over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles, a few dozen local demonstrators gathered midday Monday at ICE’s Atlanta Field Office downtown to decry the Trump White House’s aggressive immigration enforcement. By Tuesday evening, that had swelled to nearly a thousand protesters at a rally billed “From Atlanta to LA: ICE Out!” on Buford Highway, which resulted in at least six arrests. Both protests were overwhelmingly peaceful.
Judge upholds disqualification of District 3 candidate Daniel Blackman from PSC Democratic primary

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville on Tuesday upheld Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision last month to disqualify Daniel Blackman from the District 3 Public Service Commission (PSC) race for failing to meet the residency requirement. The Fulton judge’s decision came just a week before the June 17 primary election for the District 2 and 3 seats – both statewide races.
Democrat’s PSC candidacy is on trial a week before primary election

2 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Daniel Blackman’s bid for the Public Service Commission (PSC) District 3 seat may end in a courtroom Tuesday with just a week to go before the June 17 primary election. Blackman, one of four Democrats in the District 3 primary, was disqualified last month by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for failing to meet the residency requirement. The primary winner will face Republican incumbent Fiz Johnson in November.
Atlanta City Council unanimously approves Mayor Dickens’ $3 billion budget

3 weeks ago | atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Atlanta’s City Council unanimously adopted the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget on Monday, totaling $3 billion, and did so without raising city taxes. The budget passed “on consent” meaning council members made no amendments during the full council meeting —changes had already been finalized in committee. “This truly is a vote of confidence,” Mayor Andre Dickens told council members after the adoption.