By GEEARS From the moment a baby is born, their parent or caregiver becomes an advocate. They are their child’s interpreter, their guardrails, their voice. When that child has a disability or developmental delay, advocacy can escalate into a full-time job, as much a part of parenting as changing diapers, running warm baths, and snuggling […]
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Posted inPoverty & Equity
The Pathway to Self-Sufficiency: A Tale of Two Journeys
This Men’s Health Month, we’re exploring what it means to rebuild stability after homelessness while managing health challenges. In this interview, we spoke with two residents of The Melody, one of Hope Atlanta’s place-based housing locations. Mr. George, an Atlanta native and former truck driver, experienced a series of strokes in a short period of […]
Posted inHigher Education
World Cup Puts Atlanta Back in Global Spotlight
When Spain and Cabo Verde take the pitch inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium (temporarily renamed Atlanta Stadium) on June 15, Atlanta will become one of two U.S. cities to have hosted the Olympics, a Super Bowl, an NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, a College Football National Championship, and a World Cup match, further cementing its status as […]
Posted inColumns, Gabi Hart
Old Fourth Ward Soccer Kickoff Festival offers World Cup celebration beyond the stadium
As Atlanta prepares to welcome the world for the World Cup, residents won’t need a match ticket to join the excitement. The Old Fourth Ward (O4W) Neighborhood Association will host the O4W Soccer Kickoff Festival June 11-13, transforming Historic Fourth Ward Park and surrounding neighborhood destinations into gathering spaces where residents, visitors and soccer fans […]
Posted inAdrianne Murchison, Columns
College Park mayor, business owner accuse councilman of targeting establishments
A College Park business owner is pushing back against a city councilman she says is unfairly targeting two of her establishments. Her allegations have drawn public support from Mayor Bianca Motley Broom. “I’m doing so much in your area, in your community. What did I do bad for you to come against me?” Shawn Perkins […]
Posted inLatest News
Center for Civic Innovation finds new home at iconic Prince Hall Lodge
Prince Hall Masonic Lodge and Temple, the so-called “Jewel of Auburn Avenue” has been home to many Atlanta greats over the years Martin Luther King Jr.’s only office, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the country’s first Black-owned radio station and Madame C.J. Walker’s Beauty Shoppe. Now it’s home to the local nonprofit Center for Civic […]
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta releases long-awaited audit of Tax Allocation Districts
A newly-released audit of the city’s tax allocation districts has three recommendations for the city as it plans to extend the TADs — and they’re all about transparency. It’s the latest in Atlanta’s ongoing TAD saga. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has spent months on a full-court press to renew six of the city’s eight tax […]
Posted inColumns
‘Power Ballad’ is a shakily charming musical dramedy
Imagine you’re the lead singer of a wedding band – you were once filled with rock and roll dreams of headlining Madison Square Garden, but that dream has long passed you by. But one night, a famous pop star shows up at the wedding you’re playing, and you strike up a conversation after your set. […]
Posted inLatest News
Remembering Jim Minter, longtime editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
James G. “Jim” Minter of Inman (Fayette County) died May 27 at the age of 95. At Minter’s request (orders), a modest memorial service was held at his gravesite on May 30. At the service, Rev. David Campbell said Minter did not want to be memorialized with long speeches. It’s hard to overstate how important […]
Posted inGuest Column
The Green Curtain: How Atlanta is hiding English Avenue before the world arrives
Eleven days. That is how long we have until the first FIFA World Cup match kicks off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 15, 2026. And Atlanta is getting ready for company. Streets are being repaved. Crosswalks are getting fresh paint. New signage is being installed across the Beltline corridor; the Atlanta Beltline’s own construction records […]
Posted inCommon Chords
No shelter, no Illusions: The Rolling Stones close the sixties with ‘Let It Bleed’
You can hear the room change on Let It Bleed. The laughter’s thinner, the shadows stretch longer, and nobody’s quite sure how things got this far gone, like someone quietly decided to paint it black and leave it that way. The Rolling Stones don’t explain it. They just play through it. By then, they had […]
Posted inReporter's Notebook
Reporter’s Notebook: International Pop Fest. retrospective; Andrew Young aquaponics facility opens; World Cup prep and events
Pullman Yards to premiere never-before-seen footage from historic Atlanta International Pop Festival Before Music Midtown, Shaky Knees, or SweetWater 420 Fest, there was the Atlanta International Pop Festival. Founded by Alex Cooley, known as “the unofficial mayor of Atlanta music,” the Atlanta International Pop Festival once drew crowds ranging between 150,000 and 600,000 attendees, and […]
Posted inAdrianne Murchison, Columns
Andrew Young had a dream too, and it started in a garden
Back in the 1930s, the grandmother of former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young could not have known that growing vegetables in her backyard garden in New Orleans would one day help inspire a movement to feed the world and rethink food production. Young watched his grandmother feed not only her family with vegetables from her garden, […]
Posted inDelaney Tarr
Should Atlanta extend the TADs? School leaders aren’t so sure.
The Tax Allocation Districts are a touchstone issue in Atlanta. In his second term, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has championed the funding mechanism for his ambitious $5 billion neighborhood reinvestment initiative to rewrite the “tale of two cities” with development in the city’s neglected areas. But the TAD extension is a controversial proposal. Not everybody […]
Posted inLatest News
Volunteers take on downtown beautification days before World Cup
Just weeks before the World Cup touches down in Atlanta, hundreds of volunteers took to the streets for the 2026 “Together for Downtown Community Day,” a large-scale volunteer initiative to revitalize South Downtown. Hordes of volunteers painted murals, landscapes, cleaned up litter and covered graffiti at the all-day event on June 1. In total, organizers […]
Posted inDelaney Tarr
Atlanta Civic Circle’s newsroom closes its doors
After five years in business, the Atlanta Civic Circle is shuttering due to funding challenges. It was one of the city’s few nonprofit civic newsrooms. On June 1, the nonprofit newsroom announced via an open letter it would permanently cease operations after being “unable to secure the consistent funding needed to sustain our work.” The […]
Posted inSmall Business
What Georgia Manufacturers Need to Know Now
Manufacturing has long been one of the cornerstones of Georgia’s economy. From aerospace and automotive production to food processing, logistics, advanced materials, and industrial equipment, manufacturers across the state help drive economic growth, create jobs, and strengthen Georgia’s position as a national business leader, yet manufacturers are navigating a rapidly changing environment. Workforce shortages, evolving […]
Posted inAtlanta Way 2.0
As the 250th Arrives, Civic Season Looks to the Next Generation
By Atlanta History Center 2026 brought a frequent question to us at Atlanta History Center: what are you doing for America 250’s birthday? How do we think Atlanta should commemorate the semi-quincentennial? Atlanta History Center has been thinking about this for quite some time — before any America 250 events were planned. This year is not just an opportunity to think about […]
Posted inStories of Atlanta
He got the Picture
One of the challenges of our 21st century lifestyle is trying to process the unprecedented amount of information available at any given moment. We are subjected to so much input on so many different topics that it is hard for us to imagine how people got along before the invention of instantaneous communications. It helps, […]
Posted inMaria's Metro
Justin Cutler to mayor: Atlanta should strive to reach ParkScore’s Top 10
Justin Cutler’s last day as Atlanta’s commissioner for parks and recreation was May 29, completing nearly four years in that position. In an exit interview with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Cutler offered advice on selecting his successor. The mayor should share his love for parks and recreation. Then Dickens should set a challenge: try to […]
