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Academic freedom and campus speech require responsibility

As protests increase on college campuses, universities and their students need to better encourage the sharing of differing viewpoints.

Jan 12, 2026
OPINION

Mike Luckovich: Get out already!

The AJC's award-winning editorial cartoonist gives his take on the news.

Jan 9, 2026
PATRICIA MUPRHY

The Stacey Abrams era in Georgia is over, for now

The move clears the way for new Democrats, for better and worse.

Jan 8, 2026
BILL TORPY

Competing realities baked in before facts in Minneapolis shooting

Federal officials were quick to toss around terms like “domestic terrorism” or “violent rioters” to justify — or somehow even sanitize — Renee Nicole Good's death.

Jan 9, 2026

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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (right) confers with state Sen. RaShaun Kemp, D-Atlanta, at the Wild Hog supper, the traditional kickoff to the legislative session in Atlanta, on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026.  (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

PHOTOS: Georgia legislative session kicks off with Wild Hog Supper

Georgia lawmakers and officials gathered near the state Capitol for the 63rd annual Wild Hog Supper, which opens the legislative session.

People join in a chant on the 17th Street Bridge in Atlanta on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, while protesting the ICE shooting of Renee Good and the U.S. military action in Venezuela. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

PHOTOS: Atlanta demonstrators join ICE protests across the nation

Demonstrators in metro Atlanta filled the streets for the fourth day of protests after a U.S.

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PHOTOS: Hawks defeat Pelicans

Amid the swirling trade news involving guard Trae Young, the Hawks came up with a convincing 117-100 victory over the Pelicans on Wednesday night at State Farm Arena.