By Amaarah DeCuir, American University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Some public school districts across the nation will be closed on Monday, May 2, 2022,…
by Ross Williams, Georgia RecorderApril 29, 2022 Gov. Brian Kemp cemented much of his planned education policy Thursday, signing a raft of bills aimed at keeping controversial ideas out of…
E-commerce surged due to the COVID-19 pandemic as people stayed home and found alternative ways to shop. According to an article by Mayumi Brewster posted on the U.S. Census Bureau’s…
By Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy…
Marietta City Councilman Joseph Goldstein will hold a town hall meeting for Ward 7 on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Sewell…
Spring is here and it’s time to get out the gardening tools. Monday April 18 and Tuesday April 19 there will be a plant swap and a container garden workshop…
By Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A protracted political drama in Pakistan turned a page on April 10, 2022, with Prime…
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 Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education,…
Here’s a guide to using the recently released 1950 individual census records for Marietta, Georgia. These records are useful in both genealogy and historical research, in determining where individuals lived…