By Rebecca Gaunt Stronger Together, a Cobb racial justice advocacy group, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) teamed up Thursday for a virtual discussion on the impact of Cobb…
By Rebecca Gaunt This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY. Just the threat of involving campus police was enough…
By Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi and Susan Ferriss, Center for Public Integrity This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY…
Cobb County’s RISING gang prevention program, founded by Juvenile Court Judge Wayne Grannis in 2019, was honored with “Spirit” awards at the annual National Gang Specialist Training Conference (NGCRC) in…
By Rebecca Gaunt Felony charges against an autistic Cobb County School District middle school student were dismissed Monday in Cobb County juvenile court. The court also found that he did…
By Rebecca Gaunt A 12-year-old student at Hightower Trail Middle School in Cobb County received an administrative suspension in January. His parents thought the matter had been handled. A week…
The COVID-19 pandemic may have thrown a couple of roadblocks in Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes’ way in her roughly 15 months as top prosecutor, but it apparently hasn’t…
Jannquell Peters is the former mayor of East Point. She is running in the Democratic primary against incumbent David Scott and two other hopefuls to represent the 13th Congressional District…
by Megan Kurlychek, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The police killing of 28-year-old Alexander Spencer in a North Philadelphia corner store in January…