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The retail corner of the Eddy at Riverview Landing.with crosswalks and outdoor tables

Accidentally car-free August 23, 2022

Accidentally car-free Part 5: coffee (and some work) at Chattahoochee Coffee Company

I decided to make this installment of Accidentally car-free part recreational, part professional. So I packed up my laptop and a few other work supplies and walked over to the…

Accidentally car-free August 20, 2022

Accidentally car-free Part 4: a trip by foot to the South Atlanta Road Kroger

I’ve moved my “Accidentally car-free” series of articles to this link, which won’t change, so if you miss an installment, or want to go back and read a previous one,…

Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

Kennesaw August 16, 2022

Kennesaw City Council approves street resurfacing contract; proposed tax cut rejected

By Rebecca Gaunt A smoother ride is on the horizon for users of eight Kennesaw streets included in the nearly $1.8 million resurfacing contract with C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. that…

Criminal Justice System August 9, 2022

How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians

By Shannon Bow O’Brien, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The FBI search of former President…

woman releasing butterfly. One butterfly perches on her clothing

Kennesaw July 20, 2022

500 new butterflies brighten Kennesaw’s Smith-Gilbert Gardens

By Rebecca Gaunt A UPS truck pulled into Smith-Gilbert Gardens Tuesday around 10:30 a.m. with a magical delivery: 500 butterflies. Garden staff immediately released the butterflies into the pollinator exhibit…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care July 18, 2022

Abortion funds may not be able to keep up with rising demands, as more people travel out of state for the procedure

By Gretchen E. Ely, University of Tennessee [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Abortion providers in places like Pennsylvania and California are seeing an uptick in…

Music July 11, 2022

Scapegoating rap hits new low after July Fourth mass shooting

By A.D. Carson, University of Virginia [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When local police named 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as “a person of interest”…

Environment June 29, 2022

Return of the bees: the busy pollinators and the mountain mint

Every few months during the summer I write some version of this same article, with different photos to showcase the newest arrivals to my metropolis of apian visitors. I also…

Grainy old photo of the outlaw Grat Dalton

Gun violence June 29, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, IUPU [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it…

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Crime June 25, 2022

Suspect who escaped from custody of Marietta police recaptured

The Marietta Police Department announced in a public information release that the suspect who eluded police custody while under observation at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital for gunshot wounds was recaptured at…

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Acworth March 12, 2025

Dr. Bryant Harris retires as pastor of Mars Hill Presbyterian

Photo: Dr. Bryant Harris and his wife Linda Harris Rob Walter, a deacon at Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, and member of the church’s marketing committee, distributed the following announcement: After…

Health Care March 12, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal datasets began disappearing…

Law March 12, 2025

What is a SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speech

by Jennifer Safstrom, Vanderbilt University and Ryan Riedmueller, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits, are civil…

Government Transparency March 12, 2025

The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too

by David Cuillier, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing…

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