From the Editor: Yes, I am clearly biased
Over the past few months some commenters, both under our articles and on social media, have described things we’ve run as “biased.” This escalated because a number of hot button…
From the Editor
Nothing someone says before the word ‘but’ really counts: Georgia schools and COVID-19
[This is an opinion piece from Larry Felton Johnson, Editor and Publisher of the Cobb County Courier] The title of this “From the Editor” begins with a quote from a…
From the Editor: New policies on commenting (a work in progress)
This is in the “good problem to have” category, but our increased traffic means we have an increase in comments under articles, and with that an increase in trolling (I…
The Cobb County Courier has launched a new free daily newsletter
The Cobb County Courier has launched a new free daily newsletter. To subscribe just follow this link. The newsletter pulls the title and the first paragraph from each article we’ve…
From the Editor: Back Home to Cobb County at Last
Our regular readers might that noticed that our volume of content dropped over the past few days. I was in Albany, New York for the past three months, taking care…
If it’s a Juneteenth Celebration, call it a Juneteenth Celebration, otherwise pick another date
[This is an opinion piece from Larry Felton Johnson, the Editor and Publisher of the Cobb County Courier] There has been a fierce and highly organized effort in the U.S…..
Poverty rate in Cobb County
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…
Cobb County residents: find out the median household income in your census tract
The decennial census will be released at the end of the month, and in preparation for that I’ve been building tables and interactive maps based on the American Community Survey,…
I’ve seen snow this year, but not in Cobb County
I’m not a big fan of snow, but I do like to see it about once per year. This morning I woke to a steady dusting of snow, but not…
Interactive map of proposed City of East Cobb
NOTE TO READERS: One thing I’ve discovered in testing the map is that if you access it via a mobile device and it takes you to the web address ending…