UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Cobb County School District sent the Courier the following response when asked about the letter from MIC:“We value and hear the thoughts of every member…
Members of the school boards from Atlanta, Clayton County, Cobb County, Dekalb County, Griffin-Spalding, and Gwinnett County signed the following letter to Governor Brian Kemp, calling for actions to be…
“I would like to say that as a prison abolitionist, that I don’t believe anyone should go to jail or prison for anything,” activist Alexa Vaca told a virtual audience…
Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady started a program that clears a U.S. military veteran of their criminal charge if they take the appropriate measures to account for their offense….
Recently sworn-in Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens has an ambitious plan to revitalize the sheriff’s office and Cobb County Adult Detention Center Owens held a press conference at the sheriff’s…
Leroy Tre’ Hutchins has been sworn in as the newest Cobb school board member, representing Cobb County Board of Education Post 3. The oath of office was administered by Superior…
In 1839 photography was introduced to the world. After decades of raging debate it is widely recognized as a new form of art.Like a painter, the photographer is in the…
Democratic school board members Charisse Davis, Dr. Jaha Howard and incoming board member Leroy “Tre” Hutchins are dismayed that the board voted to dissolve a committee to study the racist…
Students from Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta are continuing their campaign to rename the school, named for a Confederate general. Their campaign continues after a recent development, in which…
[This Letter to the Editor is by Ashleigh Ewald, a student at Wheeler High School] As a senior at Wheeler High School and SGA Co-President, I am speaking up about…