Maria’s Metro

Remembering when Atlanta stood for something — hoping we will again

Atlanta. We used to stand for something.

When other cities in the South were being torn apart by hatred and racism, Atlanta emerged as a city of tolerance, pragmatism and good will.

The willingness of the community’s leaders to gracefully change from a segregated city to an integrated city helped give Atlanta an aura of progress and patience — a reputation that served it well as it grew from a small Southern town to a metropolis.
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Guest Columns

What’s ailing our food system can be partly fixed with locally-grown food

By Guest Columnist DANIEL BACKHAUS, chief marketing officee of Atlanta-based PodPonics

When it comes to food in America, we face a Dickensian dichotomy. Parts of our population enjoy abundance and an unprecedented variety of food choices, while others live in so-called food deserts with no easy access to fresh, wholesome food at all.
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Chris Schroder – Moments

Milton Little’s Moment was a little girl’s kiss that eventually led to a career with United Way

Milton Little Jr. was working for a nonprofit education and social policy research organization in New York City in 1989, when his outreach to the disadvantaged suddenly got up close and personal.

“I felt I was doing a good job of giving back because of my profession,” he said in our accompanying video. “She decided she was going to crawl in my lap, she put her arms around me and kissed me on my cheek and told me to ‘keep reading.’ ”
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Eleanor Ringel Cater

‘The Avengers’ — an action-packed movie collage of super-heroes

A primo example of the variety-pack approach to summer block-busters, “The Avengers” lumps together a half-dozen super-heroes, in much the same way cereal companies stack grocery shelves with snack-packs of Sugar Pops, Special K, Cheerios, Coco Puffs, Raisin Bran and Fruit Loops.
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ABC Articles

It’s a new game for College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta

By Maria Saporta and Amy Wenk
Friday, May 11, 2012

The proposed College Football Hall of Fame is now in full restart mode with definitive plans to open the attraction by the end of 2014.

The project is receiving renewed commitment and support among its various partners and sponsors following a change in leadership late last year.
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