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2022 Elections March 18, 2022

Dustin McCormick: Democratic candidate for HD 45 special and 2022 elections

By Rebecca Gaunt Businessman Dustin McCormick is running as a Democrat in both the House District 45 special election on April 5 and the regular 2022 election. State Rep. Matt…

2022 Elections March 13, 2022

Becky Sayler: Candidate for Cobb School Board Post 2

By Rebecca Gaunt Becky Sayler announced her candidacy for the recently redrawn district of Post 2 on the Cobb County Board of Education last week. Sayler, who grew up in…

History March 6, 2022

Women’s History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers who mapped the ocean floor, tested atomic theories, vanquished malaria and more

By Maggie Villiger, The Conversation [first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Behind some of the most fascinating scientific discoveries and innovations are women whose names might not be…

Lisa Campbell, a Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 35

2022 Elections March 5, 2022

Lisa Campbell: Democratic candidate for House District 35

By Rebecca Gaunt Lisa Campbell hopes to bring 30 years of business experience to the Georgia legislature as the representative for newly-redrawn House District 35. Ed Setzler, a Republican, currently…

2022 Elections February 22, 2022

Luisa Wakeman, Democratic candidate for Senate District 6

By Rebecca Gaunt Luisa Wakeman is running as a Democrat for Georgia Senate District 6, a seat currently held by Jen Jordan, who is running for Georgia Attorney General. Wakeman…

a map of Georgia showing the new Congressional districts

2022 Elections January 29, 2022

How this cycle of redistricting is making gerrymandered congressional districts even safer and undermining majority rule

By Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In a democracy, voters choose their political leaders. In a democracy that permits gerrymandering –…

Environment January 29, 2022

EPA Rejects Texas’ More Lenient Standard for Highly Toxic Air Pollutant

by Kiah Collier, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Maya Miller, ProPublica [This article first appeared in ProPublica] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big…

2022 Elections January 29, 2022

Q & A with Wendy Davis, a Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

By Arielle Robinson Wendy Davis, a Democratic hopeful who is running to unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, answered questions about her and her campaign for the…

Electron microscopic view of the SARS-Cov-2 virus shows the virus clustered and emerging from the surface of cells

Health Care January 24, 2022

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

By Deborah Fuller, University of Washington [first appeared in The Conversation, used with permission] The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines…

Climate and Weather January 10, 2022

‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s primer on climate denial illustrates 5 myths that fuel rejection of science

By Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California and Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury [This article first appeared in The Conversation — used with permission] Every disaster movie seems to open with…

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