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L-R Emilio and Gloria Esteban, Joan Baez, Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Cobb County Public Library September 16, 2022

Cobb Public Library creates book list for Hispanic Heritage Month

The Cobb County Public Library has compiled a suggested reading list for Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic Heritage Month is unusual in that it spans parts of two months, running from…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Democracy September 15, 2022

US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

By Kathleen Frydl, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but…

Opinion September 10, 2022

Bookman: Fulton DA builds 2020 election conspiracy story from bottom to top

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]September 8, 2022 I don’t think Georgia is prepared for what’s coming its way. I…

Brick Kennesaw government building with four tall wooden columns

2022 Elections September 8, 2022

Meet the Kennesaw City Council candidates for the Post 1 special election

By Rebecca Gaunt Seven candidates are competing to fill the seat vacated by James “Doc” Eaton’s June resignation from the Kennesaw City Council. The special election is scheduled for Nov….

Front of Switzer Library, a brick building with a white columned entranceway

Cobb County September 7, 2022

Cobb Law Library to sponsor program on custody issues at the Switzer Library

The Cobb Law Library issued the following press release about a free public program it’s sponsoring about custody issues: Sept. 7, 2022 – Cobb Law Library will sponsor a free…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Sports September 4, 2022

Learn Pickleball at the Ward Recreation Center

Have you wanted to learn to play pickleball, the sport that gained an enthusiastic nationwide following? There will be a free class offered at the Ward Recreation Center on the…

Cobb County Public Library September 4, 2022

Cobb Public Library celebrates Library Card Sign-up Month with expanded services

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Cobb Public Library system is celebrating with expanded services and events that will educate and entertain the public. “This September is a…

International September 2, 2022

A winner is emerging from the war in Ukraine, but it’s not who you think

By Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national…

From left, Rev. John Foster of Big Bethel AME Church, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Nikema Williams. Pelosi came to Atlanta to promote a Democratic measure aimed at restoring communities divided by unjust laws. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

Urban Design September 2, 2022

Pelosi in Georgia to plug funding to reunite Black communities split by 1950s highway projects

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]September 2, 2022 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood…

Zachary Bernknopf smiling, with stadium seats behind him

International September 1, 2022

A conversation with Marietta native Zachary Bernknopf, who will be volunteering in Kosovo with the Peace Corps

The Courier spoke with Zachary Bernknopf over the phone Wednesday. Bernknopf, a native of Marietta, will be going to Kosovo to work as a Peace Corps volunteer on a community…

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Marietta September 17, 2025

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