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National January 29, 2025

I study democracy worldwide − here’s how Texas is eroding human rights, free expression and civil liberties

by Katie Scofield, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] While concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide, millions of…

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Cobb County January 29, 2025

South Cobb Regional Library’s shades of love

By Kelly Johnson For February 2025, South Cobb Regional Library (SCRL)’s steadfast commitment to its community presents itself through an ensemble of events. For starters, SCRL continues its one-hour long…

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Letters to the Editor January 27, 2025

Letter to the Editor: “The black-white achievement gap has expanded in every computation skill area”

[This is a Letter to the Editor. For our policies on letters, and how to submit them, please see the bottom of this article] As a new administration takes office,…

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Elections January 27, 2025

Responses to survey from the Cobb Courier to candidates for District 4 in the Cobb Board of Commissioners special election

[Editor’s note: as editor of the Cobb County Courier I admit total defeat in my effort to force the answers that came in to me in different formats into a…

Cobb County January 25, 2025

West Cobb Regional Library exemplifies the spirit of Camelot

By Kelly Johnson Across the sprawling lands of Cobb County’s western territory lies a place where a community unites in harmony, fun, and learning. While this place would rival the…

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Immigration January 24, 2025

As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won’t Turn Patients Away

This article by Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang January 23, 2025 California is advising…

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Energy January 23, 2025

How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue

by Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to…

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Environment January 23, 2025

Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene

by Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted…

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

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