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Environment February 19, 2021

Student group wants KSU divestment from fossil fuel industry

A group of students at Kennesaw State University is calling on the school to end its investment in the fossil fuel industry. KSU student Artis Trice founded Divest KSU in…

2020 Elections December 19, 2020

Letter from the Brennan Center for Justice to Cobb elections board in advance of voter challenges

The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration prior to yesterday’s hearing at which the board threw out an attempt to…

line rounds the corner and stretches around three sides of the building at South Cobb Regional library voting site

2020 Elections December 9, 2020

Voting rights groups object to Cobb cutting advance voting sites

Cobb County has cut the number of advance voting sites in the January 5 runoff, from the eleven sites that were open for advance voting in the November general election,…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Cobb County October 9, 2020

Town hall to mark the one-year anniversary of Kevil Wingo’s death

A coalition of Cobb community groups hosted a third town hall at Glover Park about the numerous deaths in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Wednesday evening, about a year…

Cobb County October 7, 2020

Justice for Kevil Wingo: Mixed reactions to DA Holmes’s decision

On September 16 Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes opened a new chapter in the ongoing investigations of Mr. Kevil Wingo’s death at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. In…

Tiffany Wingo steps forward to speak as the Wingo family's attorney Tim Gardner looks on (photo by Richard Solomon)

Cobb County August 21, 2020

‘I can’t breathe’: Calls for Investigation into Kevil Wingo’s Death Rise

COBB COUNTY, GA – Georgia lawmaker David Wilkerson, representatives from the Cobb NAACP and Georgia ACLU held a press conference Thursday at the Cobb County Detention Center and called on…

Guest Opinion June 4, 2020

Guest Opinion: An open letter to Cobb voters and candidates regarding police violence

[This is a guest opinion by Richard Solomon. Solomon grew up in Cobb County next to Walton High School, and graduated from Indiana University in 2019 with a B.S. in…

Cobb Sheriff's Office vehicle at Cobb government office in article about evictions

Cobb County February 9, 2020

Second town hall to be held on conditions in Cobb County jail

The ACLU of Georgia announced their second town hall meeting about conditions in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. [ Correction: It has been pointed out to us that Cobb…

coal ash, Environment January 13, 2020

Duke Energy settlement in NC results in largest coal ash cleanup in U.S.

According to a December 31, 2019 news release from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) a settlement reached with Duke Energy will result in the largest cleanup of toxic coal…

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