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Candidate Catherine Pozniak spoke with a group of Cobb parents at a Sunday meet and greet.

2022 Elections September 21, 2022

Of three seats up for grabs, Cobb school board Post 4 generating most heat

By Rebecca Gaunt The race for Cobb County school board is intensifying with early voting set to commence in less than a month. Three seats are up, but it’s the…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor September 3, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Teachers in short supply, STEM fields not exempt

[This is a Letter to the Editor. For our policies on letters, and how to submit them, please see the bottom of this article] The teacher shortage in America has…

SAE students sit and smile in front of the coating being applied to the school’s basketball court and playground. Photo courtesy of Christopher Cavalier at TwoSenseFilms.

Education August 28, 2022

Mableton school tackles extreme heat by applying colorful, sun-reflective coating to playground

By Arielle Robinson As extreme heat continues to result in historic droughts and deadly temperatures around the globe, more people — especially the most vulnerable, such as children — are…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

Business August 27, 2022

Here are the 51 new businesses licensed by Cobb County over the past seven days beginning August 21

Here are the 51 new businesses listed by Cobb County with licenses taking effect August 21 to August 28, 2022.We’ve edited out some of the administrative information, but if you…

Artemis-1 on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Centre. NASA

Science and Technology August 26, 2022

Artemis 1: maiden flight of spacecraft set to take humans back to the Moon – here’s what needs to go right

By Gareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A launch window – the period during which a rocket must be launched to…

Immigration August 4, 2022

Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why

Joseph Nevins, Vassar College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The June 2022 deaths of 53 people, victims of heat stroke, in the back of a…

Science fiction author Octavia Butler seated, signing books

Literature June 22, 2022

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

Alyssa Collins, University of South Carolina [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from The…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care June 18, 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing In on Covid Vaccines for ‘The Littles’

[Note from the Courier … this podcast was recorded before the approval for the children younger than five vaccine was approved] June 16, 2022 [This podcast featuring Julie Rovner and…

Environment May 25, 2022

Why the cost of climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists’ best attempts

By Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A group of economists has issued a new…

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Health & Wellness March 14, 2026