The Courier makes heavy use of the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia when we publish articles about the history of Cobb County and…
This is an update of an article originally published in the Courier in April of 2016. Since then, another park was developed that also includes Shoupades: Discovery Park on the…
by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of…
by Bonar Hernández Sandoval, Iowa State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Guatemala is in the midst of a democratic crisis so severe that it…
by Marcus Lashley, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you…
by Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2024, former President Donald Trump will face some of his greatest challenges:…
by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Northeastern University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With LGBTQ+ rights continuing to expand across much of the world, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has…
by Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a rare bottle of Scotch whisky sold for US$2.7 million in November…
by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 18, 2023 An email exchange indicates that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis…
[This is republication of an article originally published in the Courier in June of 2017 edited and slightly expanded] If the first owners of automobiles in Cobb County wanted to…