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Education July 19, 2022

New logo for Cobb elementary school sparks immediate backlash

By Rebecca Gaunt East Side Elementary School’s new logo, revealed to parents in an email Monday, has members of the community furious. It contains an eagle and the initials for…

Education September 20, 2023

Moms for Liberty: ‘Joyful warriors’ or anti-government conspiracists? The 2-year-old group could have a serious impact on the presidential race

by Shauna Shames, Rutgers University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Motherhood language and symbolism have been part of every U.S. social movement, from the American…

Crime September 19, 2023

Jack Smith’s requested gag order, like judicial orders restricting Trump’s speech, seeks to balance constitutional rights

by Lynn Greenky, Syracuse University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In each of former President Donald Trump’s four indictments, he has been allowed to stay…

Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Kennesaw September 18, 2023

Q&A with Kennesaw City Council Post 2 candidates

By Rebecca Gaunt Tracey Viars is up for reelection in November for the Kennesaw City Council Post 2 seat, but communications coordinator Anthony Gutierrez is aiming to take her place….

Education September 16, 2023

Love of Reading Motivates Student to Create a Niche Book Club

By Margaret Waage The idea of creating what you want to see in the world is one Sidney Keys III, of Marietta,Georgia embraced early in life and he continues to…

Wheeler senior Haya Fatmi introduced the Georgia Youth Coalition. standing in a line in front of Cobb school district offices)

Education September 15, 2023

Chaos and tension at Cobb school board meeting

By Rebecca Gaunt Despite representation from opposing viewpoints on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s leadership, a Thursday afternoon rally outside the Cobb County school district’s headquarters stayed peaceful. It was when the…

Education September 14, 2023

Fired teacher Katie Rinderle appealing Cobb County School District’s decision

By Rebecca Gaunt Katie Rinderle, the Due West Elementary School teacher whose firing ignited a firestorm over books in Cobb County schools is appealing her August termination. Last March, Rinderle…

Education September 6, 2023

CCAE president calls Cobb County School District’s reading bowl comments “dishonest”

By Rebecca Gaunt Comments from the Cobb County School District denying any knowledge of staff concerns related to the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, published in the Marietta Daily Journal Tuesday,…

People waving signs protesting the banning of books by the Cobb County School District

Cobb County September 1, 2023

The battle over books in Cobb County Schools

by Rebecca Gaunt About a dozen people stood outside Lassiter High School Friday morning in response to the district’s recent decision to pull two books from libraries across the district….

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Crime August 30, 2023

Mark Meadows, Fulton DA square off over his bid to move 2020 Georgia election case to federal court

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 29, 2023 Former White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, Mark Meadows,…

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Justice October 4, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Cobb Drug Treatment Court participants

[Photo courtesy of Cobb County government] On Monday, October 2, the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court celebrated the graduation of a group of participants in the program attended by judges,…

Science and Technology October 4, 2023

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic scientific research

by André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin…

Cumberland October 4, 2023

Football, movies, music and more: the Battery Atlanta releases its October schedule

The Battery (Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Battery Atlanta released its schedule for the beginning of the fall season. Events include Friday movie nights, an escape room, College…

U.S. Congress October 4, 2023

U.S. House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Photo Credit: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 3, 2023…

Politics October 4, 2023

Reagan wouldn’t recognize Trump-style ‘conservatism’ – a look at how the GOP has changed

by Karyn Amira, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13,…