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2022 Elections February 1, 2022

Monica DeLancy announces run for House District 39

Well-known Cobb County renters rights advocate Monica DeLancy announced that she will run for the Georgia House District 39 seat in the 2022 election cycle. She issued the following announcement…

Sign t Lindley Middle School in article about MIC education forum

Veterans Memorial Highway February 8, 2018

Edna Umeh’s senseless death inspires school safety bill in Georgia House

The day Edna Umeh was introduced to the world outside her family and friends, was the day of her senseless death while she protected the children of Lindley Middle School…

House District 39 January 28, 2018

House District 39 Town Hall Meeting Held at South Cobb Community Center

Safety on Veteran’s Memorial Highway, the upcoming landscaping of the entranceway into the Riverside community at I-20, and Georgia’s adoption laws were among the issues taken up by speakers at a…

Georgia January 23, 2018

House District 39 Town Hall Meeting

With the high profile conflicts in the U.S. Congress dominating the news, it’s often hard to remember that this is the legislative season here in Georgia, and as important as…

Uncategorized January 21, 2018

MLK’s legacy of anti-poverty work demonstrated in food giveaway

On the Sunday morning of MLK Weekend, lines of cars wrapped a mile or so from Austell-Powder Springs Road to Clay Road, heading toward South Cobb’s Threadmill Mall for the…

2016 Elections, Cobb County May 8, 2016

2016 Candidate forum for South Cobb — Part 1

A candidate forum was held at the South Cobb Community Center on May 5 to help residents of Mableton and Austell make informed decisions for the May 24 elections. The…

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Elections November 17, 2024

Did The Polls Get It Wrong and How Do They Impact The Election?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College There’s a myth that the polls were wildly inaccurate in 2024, a common refrain that we’ve heard since 2016. Are…

Race Nationality and Culture November 17, 2024

Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it – we are college professors who tackled that challenge head on

by Adam Seagrave, Arizona State University and Stephanie Shonekan, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It is not easy to teach about race…

Economy November 17, 2024

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