Clark Atlanta, Spelman received similar threats earlier this year. By Allison Joyner Yesterday, Morehouse College Police Department (MCPD) issued a shelter-in-place alert after they received word of a suspicious package on campus. “Morehouse College received an indirect threat concerning a suspicious package placed on campus which might have contained explosive wiring,” Dr. David Thomas, president […]
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When 3-to-1 is challenged, what about the close races?
Last week, as 2,189 candidates were qualifying to run for office this year, there was an ominous reminder that going forward, election results in Georgia may never be as cut and dried as they used to be.
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Black Women’s History Month: Black and missing
Although African Americans make up only 13 percent of the population, 40 percent of the missing person population in this country are people of color. By Allison Joyner African Americans turn up missing at a startling pace and generally speaking take four times as long for law enforcement to locate than whites. Several organizations, however, […]
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In nuclear war threats, governments once again fail to imagine the unimaginable
Exactly two years ago, it was dawning on Americans “temporarily” locked down for COVID-19 that they were entering an apocalypse so unthinkable, so unimaginable, that … well, actually, it was thought of and imagined by everyone except woefully unprepared governments. Pandemics were already a disaster movie subgenre whose cliches initially provided more useful predictive power than the WHO or CDC.
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You know the notes but where did they originate?
For those who regularly watch Stories of Atlanta, this will be a familiar tale. We’ve posted it before, probably more than once. Given the circumstances, however, it does seem fitting we go back to the well one more time. Fitting, because Tuesday March 15, 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the day WSB Radio signed […]
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‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ – Drawdown Georgia’s GHG tracking tool
Drawdown Georgia has unveiled an online tool to track greenhouse gas emissions statewide and in each Georgia county. It is the initiative’s second major science-backed effort to help reduce GHG emissions.
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Equity and justice through universal literacy
By Ryan Lee-James, Ryan Lee James, Ph.D., CCC SLP, Director of Rollins Center for Language & Literacy Ellyn Cochran, Associate Vice President for Early Learning and Development, United Way of Greater Atlanta As seen through the United Way’s Child Well-Being Index, literacy rates in our region are unconscionably tied to zip code, race, and ethnicity […]
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Georgia Power Helps Power Families First’s Mission: Building Resilient Communities so All Children can Thrive
More now than ever, major corporations are making an impact beyond providing great products and customer service. They are also giving back and creating more opportunities for the communities they serve. Over and above just turning on the lights, Georgia Power is helping empower families to move from surviving to thriving. Recently, Georgia Power donated […]
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MARTA has Successful Week in Washington, Wins Millions in Federal Support for Expansion Projects
Clayton County O&M Facility, Electric Bus Fleet Get Federal Boost MARTA leaders arrived in Washington, D.C. for the annual American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Legislative Conference in the midst of a series of federal successes. The federal fiscal year 2022 spending bill, passed by the Senate Thursday, March 10, included support for three MARTA initiatives: […]
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Atlanta-based Friendship Force celebrates 45 years of fostering global unity
By Hannah E. Jones In the late 1970s, an Atlanta man named Wayne Smith envisioned connectivity from every pocket of the world, creating a global sense of friendship. He wanted to foster citizen diplomacy, giving folks from different countries the chance to connect on an individual level, rather than just relying on news headlines or […]
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Housing identified for condemned Forest Cove’s residents “may not match the need”
The 211 families still living at Forest Cove need new homes fast, after an Atlanta judge condemned the dangerously dilapidated Section 8 complex over two months ago. For now, however, they’ll have to keep waiting. The December condemnation order gave Forest Cove’s owner, Millennia Housing Management, until March 1 to relocate the families, but the […]
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Court decides extended-stay hotel guests are legal residents with eviction protections
People living at extended-stay hotels won protection from informal, on-the-spot eviction this week, when the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled they should legally be recognized as residents, not guests, and, thus, are covered by landlord-tenant law. The March 7 decision found that Efficiency Lodge in south DeKalb County illegally kicked out three tenants in 2020 who […]
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Why Midtown Atlanta is Positioned for Post-Pandemic Success
By Matthew Lister, Partner and Managing Director, Gehl Studio NY; 2022 Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Greetings Midtown Atlanta. I couldn’t be more excited to be speaking at the Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting next Tuesday, March 21st. The title for the event is All Together Now. All Together Now… Finally! After spending two […]
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A Roadmap to Affordable Housing Preservation
By Sara Haas, Sr. Director, Enterprise Community Partners Much of the affordable housing in Atlanta is made up of small- and medium-scale multifamily rental properties that are affordable, even though they operate without government subsidies. This type of housing fills a critical and growing demand by providing affordable residences for low- and moderate-income families. If […]
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Turn the Lights Out for Georgia Birds
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Spring is here and across Georgia we are seeing signs of life in our gardens and landscapes. Those who pay attention to the sounds of the seasons will have also noticed a huge uptick in the amount of bird song each morning. There’s a cacophony of songs as our resident […]
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Start:ME Entrepreneurs Build Stronger Communities in 2022
By Sally Parker High-tech entrepreneurs may be the darlings of the business press, but the backbone of the U.S. economy is small, local businesses that meet the needs of their neighbors. In fact, startups with zero to 10 employees make up 96 percent of all U.S. businesses, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. […]
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For his 90th birthday, let us honor Andrew Young by making Atlanta a city of peace
More than 1800 people attended Andrew Young’s 90th birthday gala at the Georgia World Congress Center Saturday night,
