In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. As the head of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock has not shied away from impassioned sermons and forceful advocacy on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged. The 51-year-old now wants to take that progressive platform to the U.S. Senate. He is running to unseat one of Georgia's Republican senators, Kelly L

In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Raphael Warnock, then Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga.

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Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock announced new legislation Wednesday aimed at the nation's housing crisis.

A group of residents and environmentalists are fighting to block a wood pellet plant from being built in a predominantly Black and Hispanic community in south Georgia.

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