By Arielle Robinson About 200 Cobb parents, teachers, clergy, students, and other community members gathered in Marietta Square Saturday afternoon as part of larger March for Our Lives protests for…
By Peter Dreier, Occidental College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up…
By Barbara Harris Combs, Clark Atlanta University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The idea of community and who belongs and who does not was a…
The United Way of Greater Atlanta, Gas South, and Cobb County government is presenting a 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge to all interested residents in Cobb County. The signup page for…
By Arielle Robinson Cobb County’s Board of Commissioners adopted the 2021 millage rate along with an increase in property taxes amid a few opponents who spoke out against the tax…
The CIty of Powder Springs, through its 4P program, will be holding a community dialogue Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. The program will be streamed on the city’s Facebook…
The City of Smyrna will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed non-discrimination ordinance in the Large Gym of the Smyrna Community Center (200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna…
This is a guest opinion by Melanie Dallas, LPC, the interim CEO of the Cobb County Community Services Board If historical and ongoing racism, prejudice, and discrimination have compelled African…
Families Against Racism along with Cobb County School Board member Charisse Davis hosted another discussion on race in Taylor Brawner Park in Smyrna Sunday afternoon. About 50 to 75 people…
A KSU professor and an activist group are calling for the name of a bridge and highway dedicated to a staunch segregationist and racist Georgia governor, Lester Maddox, to be…