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Immigration February 19, 2025

Deporting millions of immigrants would shock the US economy, increasing housing, food and other prices

by Francisco I. Pedraza, Arizona State University; Jason L. Morín, California State University, Northridge, and Loren Collingwood, University of New Mexico, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

International February 19, 2025

Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating

by Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in…

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Arts February 18, 2025

Trump has purged the Kennedy Center’s board, which in turn made him its chair – why does that matter?

by E. Andrew Taylor, American University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump dismissed half the appointed trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center…

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Education February 17, 2025

Ragsdale’s contract extended in 6-0 vote; Cobb schools’ statement on immigration

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education extended Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s contract through 2028 at February’s school board meeting. While the annual extension of his three-year contract has…

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Economy February 17, 2025

Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works

by Zachary Price, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Because of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut…

Immigration February 17, 2025

How Americans really feel about deporting immigrants – 3 charts explain the conflicting headlines from recent polls

by Leo Gugerty, Clemson University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump’s signature promise during his campaign was to carry out the “largest deportation”…

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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…

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Education March 14, 2025

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