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Stories by Kevin Riley
Debates have made history
On Monday, we’ll enjoy – or endure, depending on your point of view – the third and final presidential debate of this election season. As you’ve watched Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spar, you’ve also had the option to join The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Kyle Wingfield, Jay Bookman and Jim Galloway, ...
We need courage, good ideas
Imagine for a moment that it’s 1925. One of metro Atlanta’s emerging young leaders has launched a passionate effort — one he and a small group of others believe will transform the region over the next century. He believes he has a brilliant idea, but very few others see it ...
Informing our view and your vote
Today on our Editorial page, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Editorial Board has urged support of the 1-cent transportation tax referendum. It’s an important decision for us, and one I expect you’ll want to know more about. We’ve spent the past year or so reporting and sorting through the issue on our ...
Tools to help plan your vote
As we get closer to July 31, the date that metro Atlanta will vote on a 1-cent transportation tax, the debate, like the weather, just keeps getting hotter. In the middle of this storm of rhetoric and campaigning, our plan at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is to provide you with the ...
Rediscovering dad’s lessons
This is the ninth Father’s Day since my father died, and so I’ve grown accustomed to missing him — although this year I found myself often wishing for his advice. As I faced personal and family decisions in a new job and home, I realized how valuable just a few ...
Local roles in global health
Atlanta is home to a number of organizations with a global view and worldwide concerns — especially around health. The Centers for Disease Control, the Carter Center and Emory University are among them. So is CARE, a leading global poverty-fighting organization that traces its roots to American humanitarian efforts in ...
A human side of APS scandal
When I walked into the Center for Learning and Leadership in downtown Atlanta, at first I was unsure of where to go.I was at the Atlanta Public Schools headquarters because I wanted to sit in on one of the “tribunals” APS has been conducting as part of the arduous process ...
Education’s personal to me
As you read this, I’ll be at my daughter’s college graduation ceremony in Ohio. As with any family, it will be a proud moment as the eldest of our three children receives her college degree. My mother will be there, too, to see the first of her 18 grandchildren graduate. ...
Living history for tomorrow
Some students at Emory University welcomed a visitor last week who gave them a rare and compelling perspective on journalism.For about an hour, the students in Emory’s “Journalism History and Ethics” course got to hear from former President Jimmy Carter on his experiences with the media and ask him questions ...
Testing schools’ test integrity
If you spend a little time this weekend with your Sunday newspaper, then you know The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has produced a remarkable investigation into the integrity of school-testing results from around the country. School tests have been a big story for years now, as national policy has required tests measuring ...
Sunshine laws light our way
When we reported last summer that a child had died after being left in a day care center van, readers reacted strongly to the tragedy.It got us thinking about just how safe children are at Georgia day cares.One of our reporters, Tim Eberly, spent some time looking into it.And through ...
Gridlock slows economy too
As a recent transplant from the Midwest, I’ve quickly come to enjoy many things about the quality of life in metro Atlanta — not the least of which is this warm February weather. Of the many things I could highlight about living here, that’s one I mention often to my ...
Tech, its president focused on safety
As I joined the president of Georgia Tech one night last week in the back seat of a police officer’s vehicle, there was no overlooking his passion. Now before you think that the two of us had found trouble around campus after attending a Yellow Jackets basketball game, I guess ...
Gold Dome is a priority for us
I took a trip to the state Capitol last week to observe the Georgia General Assembly in action — and get a feel for the show under the Gold Dome.When you walk into the Capitol on a day when the Legislature is in session — and it’s in session for ...
Georgia's water situation: Our future rides water’s wave
Gov. Nathan Deal spent last week highlighting his agenda for Georgia, delivering his State of the State speech and proposing a state budget. His big proposals included initiatives aimed at education and economic development, and those things got lots of attention. But he also mentioned his plans to address Georgia’s ...
Watching out for you
As a loyal reader of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, you may be aware of the many changes we made in 2011 — including my arrival in January as the editor of the newspaper. I hope you like the changes, even if you’re not sure yet about the new guy.I’ve spent some ...
Search for truth a noble ideal
America’s most famous reporters — Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein — visited Atlanta last week, delivering a joint speech at Emory University.Invited as part of an annual lecture series, the two Watergate reporters retold their famous story, chronicled in the film “All the President’s Men,” to an evening audience.But the ...
Varying states of immigration
There’s no hotter issue in Georgia than immigration; we know that because we hear it from readers. In fact, just having that word in the headline above this column probably is a big reason you’re reading it. As a relative newcomer to the state, I’ve spent a lot of time ...
Revisiting a journalism giant
I just couldn’t pass up the offer. A friend mentioned that the widow of Ralph McGill, the famous editor of The Atlanta Constitution, was a member of his church. Would I like to meet her, he asked. I jumped at the chance — thrilled by the opportunity to talk with ...
Bearing witness to life, death
The world’s eyes focused on Georgia last week as the on-again-off-again execution of Troy Davis reached its final scene at the state prison in Jackson.At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, our journalists chronicled the conclusion of a case we had been following for more than 20 years, since off-duty Savannah police officer ...
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