The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 4, 2020 Georgia Restaurants Refuse to Reopen After Gov. Kemp Lifts Lockdown ------------------------------------------------------------------- Over half of U.S. states have relaxed, or are preparing to loosen, social distancing and other restrictions. But some businesses are pushing back. In Georgia, more than 120 Atlanta restaurants have refused to open, saying it is not safe to do so despite Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's lifting of the state's shelter-in-place order. .