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History November 8, 2025

A grave robbery in Cobb County: 1879

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023 In the original version of the article we stated we…

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Weekend Quiz November 8, 2025

Quiz: Name That Cobb High School Mascot!

Try your hand at matching the Cobb County high schools with their mascots! The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter. But here on the main…

History November 7, 2025

Question from an 1895 Atlanta newspaper: “Has the bicycle come to stay?”

[This is one of a group of evergreen articles that we often update with new information and republish] By Larry Felton Johnson Here at the Courier, we make heavy use…

Kennesaw State University November 6, 2025

Kennesaw State’s Arthur Liou installed as Audrey Bailey Morgan Distinguished Endowed Dean’s Chair

[This article by Dave Shelles with a photo by Darnell Wilburn was first published on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] Kennesaw State University’s Arthur Liou was installed…

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Music November 6, 2025

The White Stripes join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots

by Nathan Fleshner, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician…

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Education November 6, 2025

Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof’ the classroom. It was short-lived, but could still leave a mark

by Emery Petchauer, Columbia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints,…

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Government & Politics November 5, 2025

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

by Graham G. Dodds, Concordia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] This is an updated version of a story that first published on Oct. 7,…

Smyrna November 5, 2025

The Rise and Fall (and rise) of the Belmont Hills shopping center in Smyrna

By Larry Felton Johnson [This is an expansion and republication of an evergreen article we first published in July of 2017, when the Courier’s web traffic was about a tenth…

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Health & Wellness November 4, 2025

Why are 4.7 million Floridians insured through ACA marketplace plans, and what happens if they lose their subsidies?

by Robert Applebaum, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Significant Figures is a series from The Conversation in which scholars explain an important number…

Business & Economy November 4, 2025

Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades – now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go alone

by Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most…

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