By JOSEPH BANKOFF, former chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech and former senior partner at King & Spalding. If every politician is “heartbroken” over the repeated loss of young ...
By Guest Columnist MARGARET SPALDING, founding member of the South River Forest Coalition and executive director of the South River Watershed Alliance. “Prison Farming” is a product of the Jim Crow era that endures to ...
By Guest Columnist JOHN LANIER, executive director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and long-time Krikwood resident. For my whole life, I’ve said that I’m from Atlanta. For the first 25 years of it though, ...
By Guest Columnist JUNIOR HAREWOOD, CEO of UnitedHealthcare GA& AL Employer & Individual. Mental health statistics in recent years are as staggering as they are varied. For example, nearly 20 percent of adults are experiencing ...
By Guest Columnist AMELIA AIDMAN, emeritus faculty of Emory University’s Department of Film and Media and member of the Intown Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society. Something beautiful is happening in Atlanta. Atlantans ...
By Guest Columnist ROJIAR ALDASHI, CEO of Better Tomorrow Solar. Making a difference for a better tomorrow often involves trying something new. For my family, that meant adopting solar long before it became popular to ...
By Guest Columnist LILY PONTIZ, an environmental engineer and member of the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Since joining the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the Atlanta Public ...
By Guest Columnist ANDRE DICKENS, 61st mayor of Atlanta It is no secret that the mantra that guides my decisions in public office is that I draw circles rather than lines delineating borders between neighborhoods, ...
By Guest Columnist MATTHEW TERRELL, communications director for Dad’s Garage Theatre and a working artist in several mediums Learning improv can make you a better person. At Dad’s Garage Theatre, we’ve learned that improv makes people happier, ...
By Guest Columnist PETER BAHOUTH, former executive director of Greenpeace USA It’s been 52 years since the first Earth Day, and now it’s looking just the way we want it — green-colored and tidy! Believe ...
By Guest Columnist MELINDA SYLVESTER, president of the Greater Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce This is a challenging time to be a business owner. According to the Georgia Restaurant Association 12 percent of Georgia’s restaurants ...
By Guest Columnist CARL DISALVO, associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, with BETSY DISALVO, of Georgia Tech, and BEN SHAPIRO, of Georgia State University When people talk about the ...
By Guest Columnist TODD ELLIS, DHA, principal in KPMG’s Health and Government Solutions practice Healthcare and access to medical resources is top of mind for many these days. Whether it’s related to the COVID-19 pandemic, health ...
By Guest Columnist CARDEN WYCKOFF, on behalf of the Save Share Peachtree Coalition Organizing Committee At 9:55 a.m. on March 10, minutes after receiving official notice that the Peachtree Shared Space demonstration project was being ...
By Guest Columnist MANDY MAHONEY. U.S. program director of the Regulatory Assistance Project The South has long been defined by its heat and humidity, so much so that bragging about the heat has even become something ...
By Guest Columnist SAM WILLIAMS, Georgia State University professor of practice and former Metro Atlanta Chamber president Metropolitan Atlanta’s universities and hospitals (“Eds and Meds”), with more than 340,000 jobs, make a larger contribution to the ...
By Guest Columnist AISHA YAQOOB MAHMOOD, executive director of Asian American Advocacy Fund Society teaches us that education is the most powerful tool in providing people with the knowledge to better their lives. What if barrier ...
By Guest Columnist DAVIS FOX, retired city planner who has been active in DeKalb County politics and government for many years For now, the legislation to allow for the secession of the Buckhead neighborhood has stalled ...
By Guest Columnist STACEY EVANS, Democratic state representative for portions of Atlanta COVID-19 has intensified countless challenges that Georgians have faced both before and during the pandemic. Among those challenges is the critical lack of broadband ...
By Guest Columnist MIKE DOBBINS, Georgia Tech professor of practice and former Atlanta planning commissioner Over the last couple of years, housing costs have shot up in Atlanta. Already rising before, it is now difficult for ...
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