Opinion

OPINION

Are you a Bad Bunny or a Kid Rock American? In U.S., be free to choose.

Bad Bunny is the official Super Bowl halftime show performer, but Kid Rock headlines a competing program. Despite the labeling, both are “all-American.”

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Trump isn’t reviving the Monroe Doctrine. He’s importing Warsaw Pact logic.

President Donald Trump says his foreign policy resurrects the Monroe Doctrine, but he is taking a page from the Soviet Union in how he treats U.S. allies.

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DOJ targets some church protesters, but not all. Justice cannot be selective.

The Department of Justice went after protesters who stormed a Minnesota church, but AG Pam Bondi ignored pleas from a Georgia church after a protester disrupted its service.

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Gwinnett custodian goes from cleaning bathrooms to teaching classrooms
OPINION

Gwinnett gets tough on tots, merits of redshirting still up for debate

I dug through almost 20 years of research on redshirting, and only one thing was clear: It probably isn’t solving the problem that many parents hope it will solve.

Iranian American protest
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Iran’s political prisoners are running out of time. Why it matters in Atlanta.

Iranians want accountable governance, free elections, equality before the law and an end to executions.

Asylum seekers with application appointments line up at the Mexican migration agency to obtain permits to travel north to a U.S. port of entry, in the southern city of Tapachula, Mexico, Jan 17, 2025. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)
OPINION

U.S. makes clear to asylum-seekers: We will not protect survivors of persecution

In the United States today, the cards are stacked so heavily against asylum-seekers that it often feels like a farce.

Georgia General Assembly begins 2026 legislative session
OPINION

It doesn’t add up. Georgia’s budget outlook is in trouble in the Trump Era.

Taiwan China Military Drills
OPINION

Taiwan is not a distant headline. Here’s why it matters to Georgia’s success.

AAJC 110420 election
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Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud undermine faith in Ga. elections

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss
OPINION

Ignore FBI raid noise and focus on the real story: Free and fair elections

Fulton County elections FBI raid press Conference
OPINION

FBI raid lays groundwork for Georgia takeover of Fulton County elections

ICE Protest Macon
OPINION

Here’s what readers are saying about ICE, protests and Rep. Buddy Carter

Demonstrating faith
OPINION

When former CDC Director Bill Foege died, the world lost a hero

Immigration Enforcement Minnesota
OPINION

ICE enforcement, FBI raid show government is afraid. Democracy is in trouble.

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss
OPINION

Why the FBI raid of Fulton County’s election facility should concern us all

Immigration Enforcement Minnesota
OPINION

Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti lost his life. We must chart a different path.