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Georgia February 17, 2025

Gold Dome Nuggets: ‘Defender’ of women, 2026 ambitions and GOP infighting over trans care

by Ross Williams and Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 15, 2025 Break out the honey mustard, it’s time for…

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

History February 17, 2025

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

Marietta February 17, 2025

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

Justice February 16, 2025

60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of…

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.

Opinion February 15, 2025

Senator Warnock Seeks Lower Prescription Drug Costs, And Bipartisanship

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College “Of all of the injustices, health care inequality is perhaps the biggest,” said Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock at a…

National February 13, 2025

Why federal courts are unlikely to save democracy from Trump’s and Musk’s attacks

by Maya Sen, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] State governments, community groups, advocacy nonprofits and regular Americans have filed a large and…

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Science and Technology February 13, 2025

How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable

by Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing…

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International February 13, 2025

As Trump tries to slash US foreign aid, here are 3 common myths many Americans mistakenly believe about it

by Joannie Tremblay-Boire, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] U.S. foreign aid is in disarray. The Trump administration froze most aid disbursements on…

National February 12, 2025

Trump’s administration seems chaotic, but he’s drawing directly from Project 2025 playbook

by Zachary Albert, Brandeis University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In his first few days back in office, President Donald Trump engaged in a whirlwind…

Three gears, the largest one with a dollar sign in the middle

Economy February 11, 2025

US sovereign wealth fund: A feasible idea to invest strategically, or a giant opportunity for waste?

by Patrick J. Schena, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Could the United States soon be joining the likes of Norway, Kuwait and Mongolia…

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Marietta July 4, 2025

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