By Tom Baxter Exactly why do we need the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as we call it today? There are some perfectly reasonable answers to that question. But from time to time that question should be asked concerning any law which has spread its wings as widely as HIPAA […]
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From R.E.M. to GPB, a student documents the bittersweet history of college radio powerhouse WRAS
By John Ruch College radio is one of the cultural icons that made me fall in love with Atlanta bad enough to move here. The student-run broadcasts of Georgia State’s WRAS (aka “Album 88”) and Georgia Tech’s WREK were among the ways Atlanta, unlike most every other major city, had not yet been corporatized, homogenized […]
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Remaking Atlanta: Concerns arise to city’s long-range plan for growth
Atlanta’s proposal to change social dynamics and housing prices in neighborhoods with single-family houses faces a rising number of challenges in the final days of debate.
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AHF, corporate sponsors, celebrate 30 years of AIDS Walk Atlanta
The 5K and music festival returns to Piedmont Park on Sept. 25 after last year’s absence due to COVID-19 restrictions. By Allison Joyner For more than 30 years, the AIDS Walk Atlanta has helped the city raise vital funds to support local HIV and AIDS nonprofit organizations. Led by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the […]
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Mixed-Use Momentum, Return to Public Life Remain Critical to Our City’s Recovery
By Brian Carr, Director of Marketing and Communications, Midtown Alliance As we continue our work on the ground every day in Midtown, we see continued momentum and positive signs pointing toward recovery. Developers and companies are continuing to bet on Midtown’s future. Development growth continues, with 17 major projects currently under construction in a 1.2 […]
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Atlanta’s bid to host 2026 World Cup an opportunity to fix Northside Drive
Atlanta and Georgia leaders are full of excitement at the prospect of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Not really a good idea
It is a common occurrence for cities to change the name of streets and Atlanta is no exception to that rule. With the passage of time, the old street names mean less to the newer generations than to previous generations and there is a natural desire to want to honor the contributions of more contemporary […]
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The Trust for Public Land’s plan to use schoolyards as public parks
Can you walk to a park from where you live? How long does it take to get there? The City of Atlanta has 416 parks, according to the Trust for Public Land. That puts 72 percent of residents within walking distance of a park, higher than the national average of 55 percent, but still leaves 136,058 […]
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‘Together’ – a theatrical movie focused on relationships during lockdown
Move over, George and Martha. Make room for the “Together”’ – He (James McAvoy) and She (Sharon Horgan) who deserve their own place in the annals of toxic cinematic relationships.
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Centering Equity in Education
By Khaliff Davis, Director K-12 Lending, Reinvestment Fund Since its inception, the community development financial institution industry has been committed to providing capital to help expand opportunity for historically excluded communities. In recent years, the continued and often growing disparities in outcomes ranging from health to education to economic prosperity have led CDFIs like Reinvestment […]
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Frontline groups play a critical role in the fight for climate justice
By Clarke Henderson, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta This summer, we have seen observable effects of global climate change on our environment. Extreme weather events and record-breaking heat waves, like the one that gripped the Pacific Northwest, are coming in far greater frequency. While cities like Vancouver and Portland experienced the brunt of […]
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MedShare Disaster Relief – Partnering to Provide Oxygen to Combat COVID-19 in India
By Charles Redding, CEO & President This past spring the country of India underwent a massive surge in COVID cases, almost exclusively as a result of the rapid spread of the Delta variant. The numbers spiked to more than 400,000 daily cases this past spring and experts estimated that the true figure could be more […]
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MARTA to Require Weekly COVID Testing for Unvaccinated Employees
MARTA will begin requiring weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees beginning Monday, Oct. 4. Vaccinated employees must submit or upload a copy of their vaccination card to Human Resources to avoid weekly testing. Almost half of MARTA employees are fully vaccinated, according to information available through county health departments, health benefits providers, and vaccination appointments […]
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Building Places Where Birds and People Thrive
By Jared Teutsch, Executive Director Birds are a catalyst for conservation. Easy to see and hear wherever you are—in parks and greenspaces, in our yards, on city sidewalks, and beyond—birds provide an entry point into nature appreciating and understanding the challenges we all face to protect these spaces, in the city and beyond. Georgia Audubon […]
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EPA says DeKalb County’s plan to end sewage spills need not be ideal; judge to decide
The Biden administration has decided DeKalb County’s efforts to stop raw sewage from spilling into waterways don’t have to be ideal. They simply have to improve the current situation.
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Congressional approach to digital inclusion mirrors Atlanta Public Schools’ program
By Guest Columnist TAUHEEDAH BAKER-JONES, chief equity and social justice officer of Atlanta Public Schools
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, the digital divide’s impact on public schooling became starkly clear. Now, as the surge in COVID cases forces some classrooms across the state to temporarily resume virtual learning, it’s more important than ever to ensure every student has the connectivity and digital tools they need to learn.
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Voter-education efforts ramp up ahead of November municipal elections
The odometer on voting rights activist Fenika Miller’s 2014 Ford Fusion has racked up nearly 300,000 miles. Most of those miles have been added since March when Miller’s organization launched an all-out blitzkrieg of sorts against Georgia’s controversial new election reform law. As senior state coordinator for Black Voters Matter, Miller runs the organization’s operation from […]
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Landlords, tenants lament roadblocks in DeKalb’s rental assistance program
Bemoaning the bureaucratic roadblocks encumbering DeKalb County’s emergency rental assistance program, a man who leases out just a single home in the community said Thursday, “I’m never going to be a landlord again when this is all done.” During a virtual town hall meeting hosted by County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson, this landlord and others, […]
