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Justice November 26, 2025

Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views

by Gregory A. Daddis, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In an unprecedented step, the Department of Defense announced online on Nov. 24,…

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Food Safety November 17, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from November 7 to November 13

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Government & Politics November 11, 2025

House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law

by Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23, 2025, becoming the…

Government & Politics November 7, 2025

A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to Pam Bondi

by Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Drew Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Routine congressional oversight hearings usually don’t make headlines….

Smyrna November 5, 2025

The Rise and Fall (and rise) of the Belmont Hills shopping center in Smyrna

By Larry Felton Johnson [This is an expansion and republication of an evergreen article we first published in July of 2017, when the Courier’s web traffic was about a tenth…

Housing November 4, 2025

Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them

by Cassie Powell, University of Richmond, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away. At manufactured home…

Business & Economy November 4, 2025

Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades – now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go alone

by Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most…

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History November 1, 2025

A high school student comments on Cobb County’s roads: in 1899

by Larry Felton Johnson [This is an evergreen article that we occasionally expand and republish as we discover more information on the topic] In the March 2, 1899 issue of…

Science & Technology October 30, 2025

Nuclear-powered missiles: An aerospace engineer explains how they work – and what Russia’s claimed test means for global strategic stability

by Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26,…

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Immigration October 28, 2025

The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant housing policy reflects a long history of xenophobia in public housing

by Rahim Kurwa, University of Illinois Chicago, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. housing market has been ensnared in a growing affordability crisis for…

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Government & Politics, Local government October 25, 2026