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Justice July 21, 2024

Voting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering

by Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Two recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for…

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Cobb County June 11, 2024

Plenty of opportunities to celebrate Juneteenth in Cobb County

1900 photo of Juneteenth celebration (public domain) There are Juneteenth celebrations across Cobb County this weekend. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned…

Justice April 17, 2024

Supreme Court to consider whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available

by Clare Pastore, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On April 22, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could…

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Elections April 17, 2024

Black voters key to electing Biden in 2020. Money woes make some question their support in 2024.

by Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 15, 2024 The economy is top of mind for caregiver and driver Jennifer…

Elections February 26, 2024

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states

by Zachary Roth, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 25, 2024 Fearing that Democrats hold a crucial edge in ballots cast before…

Cobb County January 25, 2024

Former Cobb County Manager David Hankerson dies at 77

David Hankerson photo courtesy of Cobb County government Cobb County government announced in a news release that former County Manager David Hankerson died today after a long illness. Hankerson was…

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Justice January 8, 2024

70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated

by Erica Frankenberg, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional,…

Politics November 24, 2023

Small-town America’s never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn’t always been good for US democracy

by Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come…

Elections November 22, 2023

Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting lawsuits looks likely to head to the Supreme Court

by Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, that…

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Cobb County November 22, 2024

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