By SETH KALLER, president, Seth Kaller, Inc. (Historic Documents and Legacy Collections) “The preliminary observation that a free government ought to be built on the information and virtue of the people will here find its proper place.” On April 30, 1789 George Washington solemnly swore to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United […]
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MARTA may be turning from ‘What now?’ to ‘What’s next?’
MARTA may be entering the phase where the question turns from, “What now?” to “What’s next?” Especially in light of MARTA’s responsibility to enable social distancing on trains and buses.
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Pandemic offers: Pixie dust that fights viruses, $6,000 a week selling medical stuff
Earn up to $6,000 a week selling COVID-19 products or buy a pesticide that will fend off the coronavirus. These are examples of offers that fuel dreams of easy money and personal safety in metro Atlanta as the pandemic continues to disrupt.
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Local arts groups worried about financial fallout from COVID-19
Arts and cultural organizations in metro Atlanta and the state are seeking to shine the spotlight on how the coronavirus is negatively impacting the creative sector.
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Community Foundation, United Way announce fifth round of grants
Another13 nonprofits were given a total of $1.46 million from the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund on Tuesday.
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MARTA records first employee death related to COVID-19, a station maintainer in Decatur
MARTA has confirmed its first death related to COVID-19, a 53-year-old station maintainer who died Monday. His last day of work was April 10. Four co-workers at MARTA’s Decatur Station were notified and instructed to self-quarantine.
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Activists: State must clarify restrictions on short-term rentals amid coronavirus crisis
On April 9, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order suspending short-term rental stays to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, a move that some activists worried could be detrimental for the many folks who find themselves in precarious living situations during the global pandemic — especially if the language of the order isn’t clarified.
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From the chaos of pandemic policy, regional alliances emerge
Last week marked the first, still sketchy, indications that the COVID-19 pandemic may have begun to recede in the United States. We may also one day look back on last week as a fateful pivot in the way the states of our United States relate to each other.
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A former surgeon general wants this to be the last pandemic that’s worse for black Americans
Even work puts black and brown people at higher risk of sickness of now.
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Sonny Perdue announces new food supplies for food banks, help for farmers
Sonny Perdue emerged Friday in the role of helping to shift $3 billion of the nation’s food supply to food banks and similar facilities before farmers destroy the food because they can’t afford to get it to market. The $19 billion relief program includes $16 billion in direct aid for farmers.
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Local startup helping house Atlanta educators amid coronavirus pandemic
An affordable housing-focused startup in Atlanta has partnered with the local school system to help teachers secure places to stay.
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Grove Park, other hungry neighborhoods to receive meals with help from Mercedes Benz
Residents of the hard-hit Grove Park neighborhood on Friday were among the first to receive meals prepared and delivered by Mercedes Benz USA as part of its new program to deliver food and help other organizations feed needy residents in Atlanta during the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Atlanta Fed president: ‘It’s going to be tough’; Prices up for agricultural commodities
The Federal Reserve confirmed the obvious Wednesday – “Economic activity contracted sharply and abruptly across all regions in the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Price hikes are reported across the Southeast in grains, milk and eggs, as well as demand for oranges.
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How Atlanta is testing, isolating its homeless population during coronavirus pandemic
The novel coronavirus outbreak has jolted Atlanta’s homeless population in a way not experienced by most of the city’s residents, sending indigent people scrambling for safe places to take refuge and smart sources of food.
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Community Foundation, United Way announce latest round of COVID-19 grants
The fourth round of grants from Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund was announced Tuesday – a total of nearly $1.8 million that will be distributed to 18 organizations for emergency response.
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Grady Memorial Hospital bed supply to remain at half strength; 76 ventilators available
Grady Memorial Hospital will have barely half of its beds available for patients even after up to 52 beds are opened with proceeds of a $2.1 grant from the Marcus Foundation, state records show.
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2020 Census lurches forward under the cloud of the pandemic
*expand featured image to view full graphic By Tom Baxter Americans had already grown wearily accustomed to the rituals of counting by the time April 1 — Census Day — rolled around last week. Every day since Leap Day, when the first U.S. coronavirus death was announced, has been filled with tallies of deaths, infections […]
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Thousands call about adopting Atlanta pets during pandemic
In this far-from-normal time, people are seeking pets.
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Database shows which households are protected from eviction during coronavirus pandemic
Although government agencies big and small have put the kibosh on eviction proceedings for many renters, it’s not easy to find out exactly who is protected.
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COVID-19 threatens health of arts organizations; some face bankruptcy
By Guest Columnist LARA SMITH, managing director of Dad’s Garage Theatre
I work as the managing director of Dad’s Garage Theatre (we specialize in improv and scripted comedy), and even with our very robust financial protections we are still facing financial challenges in this crisis.
