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Cobb County Public Library July 2, 2022

Board game enthusiasts: Want to learn an ancient strategy game? Cobb Public Library presents Hnefatafl (aka Viking Chess)

The following notice was posted to the Cobb County Public Library website: More accurately called Hnefatafl, tafl, or tablut, Viking Chess is an ancient game of strategy. First developed over…

Acworth June 30, 2022

Birthday Wish with a Fateful Twist Delivers Sound of New Music to Historic Downtown Acworth Church

By Poncho Wilson The last time Donna McPherson’s hymnal-leading hands touched a fresh set of 88 piano keys at Park Street Baptist Church was during a calendar year that ended…

Music June 29, 2022

Dr. Nathaniel Parker appointed Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra artistic director

Dr. Nathaniel F. Parker, DMA, was appointed artistic director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO). The board of directors of the Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO)…

Health Care June 29, 2022

Why Roe v. Wade’s demise – unlike gay rights or Ukraine – isn’t getting corporate America to speak up

By Alessandro Piazza, Rice University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Corporate America – once known for carefully avoiding public stances on hot button issues –…

Grainy old photo of the outlaw Grat Dalton

Gun violence June 29, 2022

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, IUPU [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it…

Health Care June 28, 2022

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right – protected by Supreme Court precedents

By Lucinda M. Finley, University at Buffalo [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Several Texas abortion funds – which are charities that help people who can’t…

Georgia NAACP President James Woodall spoke outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse at a July 2020 press conference detailing a lawsuit asking a judge to change the election process used to select Georgia PSC commissioners. The suit alleges the process delivers white candidates who fail to adequately represent Black Georgians. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder (File)

Energy June 28, 2022

Federal trial starts claiming Black voters disenfranchised by Georgia PSC elections

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 28, 2022 Georgia‌ ‌Power’s plan to saddle its customers with a 12% electricity rate…

Cobb County June 28, 2022

Jim Harner expected to be named new Cobb County HR Director against backdrop of critical staffing shortages

At its meeting this evening the Cobb County Board of Commissioners is expected to name Jim Harner as the county’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. He’ll be taking over during…

education icon with silhouette of teach in front of class, holding a baton to a board.

2022 Elections June 23, 2022

This week’s primaries continued skid for GOP’s anti-CRT school board candidates

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 23, 2022 Voters in Cherokee and Coweta counties rejected three school board candidates backed…

Science fiction author Octavia Butler seated, signing books

Literature June 22, 2022

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

Alyssa Collins, University of South Carolina [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from The…

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