Next month is National Poverty Awareness Month for 2024, so we’re going to get right to the point of the headline: the percentage of people living in poverty in Cobb…
by Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 23, 2022 Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum…
Callie Freitag, University of Washington and Heather D. Hill, University of Washington [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] CC BY-ND In the United States, children are…
The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for tracking white supremacist and other hate groups, issued a statement on the spread of COVID-19 in the Cobb County School District. The…
In this article I’ll present a color-coded interactive map that contains data on the poverty rate in Cobb County within each census tract. If you want to skip the explanations…
On its face, Osborne High School appears to be “failing,” based on criteria set by the state and the Cobb County School District. With a population of 2,200 students who…
On the Sunday morning of MLK Weekend, lines of cars wrapped a mile or so from Austell-Powder Springs Road to Clay Road, heading toward South Cobb’s Threadmill Mall for the…
The City of Marietta’s Parks & Recreation Department’s Gem City Spring Break Camp begins next week, April 1-5, for children ages 6 – 12, at Custer Park Sports & Fitness…
The City of Marietta posted the following notice on its website announcing that the Marietta Basketball Skills Clinic for youth between 7-15 years of age begins this week: Registration is…
The City of Kennesaw distributed the following news release about a grant awarded to Smith-Gilbert Gardens for a project in Mableton: The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public…