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Justice September 18, 2025

Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

by James B. Blasingame, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited…

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Health & Wellness September 16, 2025

Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office

This article by Fred Clasen-Kelly first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Fred Clasen-Kelly September 15, 2025 Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest…

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Government & Politics June 3, 2025

3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship

by Gregory P. Magarian, Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When most people think of how governments stifle free speech, they…

Music May 2, 2025

Cobb releases list of summer concerts across the county

Cobb County posted a wide selection of summer concerts across the county, from Acworth to Mableton. In addition the list includes Juneteenth celebrations. Here is the list, copied verbatim from…

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National April 24, 2025

From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

by Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially…

Education April 16, 2025

Educators find creative work-arounds to new laws that restrict what they can teach

by Riley Drake, University of Wisconsin-Stout, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An onslaught of executive orders from President Donald Trump aim to restrict how and…

National February 4, 2025

Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform

by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake government were driven by a…

Business February 1, 2025

Cobb Chamber announces 2024 awards at annual dinner

Photo above: Mike Plant and Chris Britton, photo provided by the Cobb Chamber In a press release, the Cobb Chamber reported on its 2024 awards for achievements benefiting the community….

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Elections January 26, 2025

Responses to survey from the Cobb Courier to candidates for District 2 in the Cobb Board of Commissioners special election

The Cobb County Courier distributed questionnaires to the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. We sent the same questionnaires for both district seats, and to…

Elections November 1, 2024

For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state

by Naomi F. Sugie, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] People who are convicted of felonies might think they can’t vote….

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Music January 9, 2026