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Education October 23, 2023

‘Bonkers’ email sent out by Cobb Schools receiving backlash

by Rebecca Gaunt A missive penned by the Atlanta-based law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary on behalf of the Cobb County School District and sent out to every family in…

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Elections October 23, 2023

Why Cobb County Should Push For A GOP Primary Debate Or One In The Fall of 2024

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In 2019, the Democratic Party hosted a stirring debate at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. The resulting attention and energy…

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International October 20, 2023

Visions of a new national security paradigm

[Screenshot of map of U.S. from Open Street Maps] by Melissa Hellmann, Center for Public Integrity October 20, 2023 More than 20 years after 9/11, Muslim Americans continue to face…

Opinion October 20, 2023

Bookman: Without compromise, extremism dominates

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 19, 2023 If you make compromise impossible, you make extremism inevitable. We see…

Opinion October 15, 2023

How Georgia Counties Which Commemorate Lynchings Compare To Those That Don’t

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College On August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was hung from an oak tree in Marietta after having been dragged from a…

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International October 12, 2023

How did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack? A US counterterrorism expert explains how Israeli intelligence works

by Javed Ali, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Israel is widely recognized as having highly sophisticated intelligence capabilities, both in terms of…

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U.S. Congress October 12, 2023

Why the crisis in Israel is putting pressure on GOP to act over vacant House speaker role

by Laura Blessing, Georgetown University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of the Hamas surprise attacks on Israel, and that country’s resulting heavy…

International October 9, 2023

The Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins

by Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between…

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Elections October 9, 2023

Often in error but still seductive: Why we can’t quit election polls

by W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Their record is uneven. They misfired in one way or another…

International October 9, 2023

Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability

by Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The parallels were striking – and surely not coincidental. Exactly 50 years…

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