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Politics July 27, 2022

An antidemocratic philosophy called ‘neoreaction’ is creeping into GOP politics

By George Michael, Westfield State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were brazenly…

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2022 Elections May 4, 2022

Georgia election-year politics jolted by Supreme Court draft abortion opinion

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 4, 2022 A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on…

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…

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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…

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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…

Education October 31, 2025

Cobb legislators call on Gov. Kemp to remove Cristadoro from school board

By Rebecca Gaunt State Representatives Terry Cummings (D-Mableton), Mekyah McQueen (D Smyrna), Lisa Campbell (D-Kennesaw), and Gabriel Sanchez (D-Smyrna) are calling on Gov. Brian Kemp to conduct a formal ethics…

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Government & Politics October 31, 2025

Voters lose when maps get redrawn before every election instead of once a decade − a trend started in Texas, moving to California and likely spreading across the country

by David Patterson Soule, University of Richmond and Kyle Redican, University of Richmond, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After the U.S. census is conducted every…

Ethics & Morality October 29, 2025

Is it wrong to have too much money? Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country’s economy

by Jackson Trager, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Across cultures, people often wrestle with whether having lots…

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Immigration October 28, 2025

The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant housing policy reflects a long history of xenophobia in public housing

by Rahim Kurwa, University of Illinois Chicago, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. housing market has been ensnared in a growing affordability crisis for…

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Government & Politics October 28, 2025

Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues

by James L. Gibson, Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For decades, Americans’ trust in one another has been on the…

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