By King Williams The 42nd annual Atlanta Jazz Festival took place over Memorial Day weekend. While the event a success by many metrics, it is still facing the pressures of changing times. In order to address these changes proactively, the Atlanta Jazz Festival has in 2019 partnered with Concert Logic, the brainchild of Morehouse graduate […]
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When no one agrees what “winning” is, victory becomes a matter of opinion
We live in an age when people want to play the same old games, but they can’t agree on the same set of rules. It’s a world where blurred boundaries and shifting alliances make it hard to tell at times who’s won or lost, instead producing dual, asymmetrical victors. Pepsi and Coke, Brian and Stacey, Donald and Nancy, Maroon 5 and Big Boi, AOL and Mitch: winners all, depending who you ask.
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Blown calls and botched announcements reflect an age of uncertainty
Over little more than two years, the wrong contestant has been announced as the winner of the Miss Universe Pageant, the Oscar for best picture has been awarded to the wrong movie, and a missed call so egregious it has prompted a lawsuit has played a key role in deciding who’s in Atlanta for the Super Bowl this week. Things like this just didn’t happen back in the good old days, but that isn’t because there haven’t always been foul-ups of similar magnitude.
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The Super Bowl is here
In the last 25 years Atlanta has hosted the big game two times, and we are on the eve of hosting our third. Each of our Super Bowl eras has marked a different phase of Atlanta.
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Super Bowl 2019: Let’s execute a ‘no human trafficking’ zone
By Guest Columnist DEBORAH J. RICHARDSON, executive vice president of The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Once again Atlanta can be a leader in advancing civil and human rights. It is great news for Atlanta to host the 2019 Super Bowl and congratulations to all who made it happen. Below is the opportunity before us.
