With the incorporation of the City of Mableton as the now-largest city in the county, we’ve decided to revisit our series “Cobb County history through documents.” This is an evergreen…
by Jacob Fischler and Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 6, 2026 WASHINGTON — Five years after a pro-Trump mob…
By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Over the weekend, the U.S. government’s dramatic “leadership decapitation” action to arrest Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on drug charges shocked…
By Mark Woolsey A March 10 special election has been set to fill the 14th District U.S. House seat vacancy resulting from the resignation of GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The…
by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 5, 2026 A Democratic state lawmaker resigned her seat days before she was…
by Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in…
by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The midterm elections for Congress won’t take place until November, but already a record…
by Niles Francis, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 18, 2025 Gov. Brian Kemp is entering his final year in office. Georgia…
by Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The culture wars have arrived at the U.S. Mint. Commemorative coins aimed at…
by Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over…