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Reports on the appointment of Afro-American Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta City. Apprehensions made by the white community on the appointment; Alliance between the power structure and the black people of Atlanta; Jackson's competence in reorganization of the city administration; Criticism of Jackson for his being young and inexperienced in administrative field.

The article looks at Republican Party Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's apparent efforts to limit voter outreach and registration campaigns by civic associations including the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC) and the New Georgia Project by initiating criminal investigations against them. Topics include accusations that Kemp was trying to suppress voting by black residents likely to vote for Democrats and prosecutions of black voter-registration activists in Quitman, Georgia.

Focuses on the progressivism-oriented political efforts and works of Ellis Arnall, Governor of Georgia, which has won him national acclaim. Information about the role Arnall has played to extend the franchise than any other American since women were given the vote; Amendment to the Georgia Constitution lowering the voting age to 18 which was sponsored by the Governor; Accomplished the repeal of the Georgia poll tax, a tax on voting which has been a deterrent to democracy in Georgia since the Revolution; Support given by the Southern Conference for the abolition of the poll tax by federal action; Information about a meeting of a Committee of Editors and Writers of the South on the subject of limitations to the franchise in the South.

Focuses on Georgia's political issues with reference to the trial of Leo Frank, president of the Atlanta chapter of B'nai B'rith. Treatment of Frank by the governor of Georgia to uphold a civilization better than Georgia has yet attained; Evidence of Georgia's political development in Frank's case; Opinion that the governor who acted, and the opinion which supported him, were not enough to save Georgia from its degradation.

Reports on the spoils system in nine counties in northern Georgia. Dominance of the Republican Party; Appointment of Georgians in patronage positions open in the state; Selection of representatives for the national primary.