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2022 Elections April 29, 2022

Kemp signs off on laws he says will keep ‘woke politics’ out of public schools

by Ross Williams, Georgia RecorderApril 29, 2022 Gov. Brian Kemp cemented much of his planned education policy Thursday, signing a raft of bills aimed at keeping controversial ideas out of…

A crowd gathered at a press release with Gov. Brian Kemp to mark the passage of the recent gun law by Georgia GOP legislators

Georgia April 13, 2022

Georgia law nixes permit requirement for firearms as gun politics gin up GOP base

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [First published in the Georgia Recorder republished with permission]April 13, 2022 The first political event 30-year-old Nick Champion ever attended was Tuesday outside a sporting…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor August 4, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Republican elected officials put politics above safety and well-being of citizens

[Letters to the editor do not necessarily express the views of the Courier. We might agree with them, we might disagree, but they are the opinion of the person submitting…

Color drawing of the south side of the White House

Government & Politics September 12, 2025

How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump

by Nick Marx, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Season 27 premiere of “South Park” in July 2025 began like so many…

Government & Politics September 11, 2025

An Arkansas group’s effort to build a white ethnostate forms part of a wider US movement inspired by white supremacy

by Paul J. Becker, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In October 2023, a group calling itself Return to the Land established its…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Government & Politics September 10, 2025

Open attorney general seat in 2026 sets off competitive race to be Georgia’s next top cop

by Niles Francis, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 9, 2025 The upcoming race for governor won’t be the only wide-open constitutional…

A diagram of a microchip with the letters "AI" in the center

Science & Technology September 10, 2025

Techno-utopians like Musk are treading old ground: The futurism of early 20th-century Europe

by Sonja Fritzsche, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI,” the futurist Ray Kurzweil…

Georgia September 9, 2025

Democratic Georgia legislators send letter objecting to deployment of GA National Guard troops to DC

A group of Democratic Georgia state representatives and senators sent the following individually signed letter to Gov. Brian Kemp, objecting to the use of Georgia National Guard troops for deployment…

Government & Politics September 9, 2025

How Trump’s dismissal of a Fed governor could redefine presidential power – if courts agree that he alone can interpret vague laws

by Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump’s penchant to act first, ask later was on full display…

graphic of lab equipment including beakers, microscope and test tubes

Science & Technology September 5, 2025

Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it

by Sara Giordano, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember…

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