by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia RecorderApril 19, 2022 Gainesville’s prolific chicken processing facilities contribute to a low unemployment rate in the northeast Georgia community. But with many factory workers unable to…
by John Micek, Georgia Recorder [This article was first published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 13, 2022 If there’s one thing that more than two decades of…
By Arielle Robinson Marietta Mayor Steve “Thunder” Tumlin vetoed a motion the City Council passed Wednesday night that tried to make Juneteenth a paid city holiday, saying he wanted to…
By Sarah S. Willen, University of Connecticut; Abigail Fisher Williamson, Trinity College, and Colleen Walsh, Cleveland State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Languishing” is…
By Abisola D. Dahunsi As outraged citizens banded together and took to the streets to protest after what appeared to be a rise in police killings of Black Americans in…
Cobb County-headquartered home improvement retail giant The Home Depot has been trending on Twitter today for a training document from their Canadian division on how to recognize different kinds of…
by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [first published in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 9, 2022 A Georgia bill opponents argue aims to stop protests by trampling on constitutional…
By Ross Williams, Georgia RecorderFebruary 24, 2022 A Georgia House committee passed a bill designed to eliminate “divisive concepts” in public schools Wednesday despite concerns from Democrats it could chill…
By Arielle Robinson The Southern Poverty Law Center along with local civil rights and activist groups hosted a media briefing Thursday afternoon over concerns about gerrymandered redistricting maps making their…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 24, 2022 Atlanta Democratic Sen. Sally Harrell fought back emotion in the Senate…