AJC Investigations

Hayle Swinson story at Truett McConnell Univesrsity

Bill to criminalize clergy sexual misconduct in Georgia gains momentum

Civil Rights lawsuit is filed against Dekalb Police in the death of Arben Pilici

DeKalb County mother sues after son dies in police restraint

Georgia judge denies new trial for man whose case was lost for 22 years

Ga. lawmakers take step toward banning NDAs for child sexual abuse victims

Bill to shield Georgia carpet companies from PFAS lawsuits advances

Georgia carpet empire’s forever chemicals polluted Alabama drinking water

EXCLUSIVE

Police body cam footage shows confusion at FBI raid of Fulton elections office

The feds, a flipper and a Russian’s decaying mansion: An Atlanta real estate saga

The Treasury Department accused an Atlanta real estate investor of "egregious" violations of economic sanctions after he bought a Russian socialite's Alpharetta mansion.

AJC Investigations: Shining light on abuse of power

The printed newspaper may be going away, but the AJC will maintain the watchdog role that it has played for more than a century.

Atlanta goes another year without completing citizen review of officer-involved deaths

Atlanta Citizen Review Board, tasked with investigating deaths and serious injuries in police custody, opened a handful of investigations in 2025 but still faces a backlog.

Forever Stained

Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy

How covering the world in carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay.

WATCH ONLINE

Watch the FRONTLINE (PBS) documentary on the investigation

“Contaminated: The Carpet Industry’s Toxic Legacy,” an investigation in partnership with the AJC, AP, AL.com and The Post & Courier

From AL.com: Georgia carpet empire’s forever chemicals polluted Alabama drinking water

Residents in Gadsden, other Alabama communities downstream blame Dalton’s carpet capital for contaminated water.

Read the full investigative report and previous AJC coverage

In 'Forever Stained,' The AJC partnered with four other newsrooms to report on forever chemicals and the carpet industry.

Chases Unchecked

Part 1: How state patrol pursuits endanger Georgians

Part 2: GSP tactic meant to end chases leads to death at high speeds

Part 3: A GSP chase left a bystander with $124K in medical bills. State law said he couldn't sue

Georgia Prisons

Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds

Georgia prison corruption series: Inside Job

Deaths at record level in Georgia state prisons as crisis deepens

Police Deadly Force

Atlanta police held him down for 17 minutes before he died; citizen board failed to review

Citizen board yields to council demands for more police oversight

City Council members ask sharp questions about lack of police deadly force investigations

Senior Care

89-year-old wandered away and died after Marietta senior care home failed to check on her

Still unprotected: Senior care homes skate by with few fines

Dozens go missing from Georgia senior care homes, some with deadly results

Data Journalism

How Georgia counties shifted in the 2024 election

See how Cobb County and Gwinnett county precincts voted on transit referendums

The STD epidemic has slowed dramatically in the U.S. but not in Georgia

American Dream for Rent

Investors elbow out individual home buyers

Investors slam tenants with fees, evictions

Investors zero in on Black neighborhoods

911 Calls

911 callers left waiting on hold across metro Atlanta

How metro Atlanta’s 911 systems evolved after series of tragedies

Gwinnett County and a 911 call nightmare

Dangerous Dwellings

At violent apartment complexes, business model thrives on housing shortage, government inaction

Dangerous Dwellings Part 2: Making money from misery

Dangerous Dwellings Part 3: Georgia’s renter protections among nation’s weakest

More Investigations

Mother seeks accountability months after GSP pursuit that killed teen son

Georgia mom may sue state patrol after chase killed her teen son

A 19-year-old was killed when a driver fleeing a state trooper smashed into his vehicle in Atlanta. His family braces for a holiday season without their beloved son.

Her story of sexual abuse sparked a reckoning at a Georgia Baptist college

Former Baptist college official released on bond after turning himself in on felony charges

A former Truett McConnell University official turned himself in to authorities following his indictment on allegations of making false statements to law enforcement.

Georgia districts forge their own way as troubled program faces a crossroads

School districts are dropping out of GNETS to serve students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.

She claims sexual and spiritual manipulation at Georgia Baptist college; He says they were just friends

Ex-Truett McConnell VP indicted in case tied to sex abuse probe

A White County grand jury has indicted a former Truett McConnell University vice president, accusing him of lying to a county sheriff investigator.

‘I’m a bad kid,’ he told himself. How Georgia’s special ed program failed one child.

Parents find that it's easy to get into the GNETS program, but in some districts, difficult to leave.

Georgia’s special ed program promised help. Families say it delivered them harm.

The Richards’ mission to rescue their son came with an unthinkable price tag....

Sandersville jury acquits former deputies of murder

A jury acquits former deputies of murder in the case of Eurie Martin's death. He died in 2017 after deputies shocked him with a Taser and restrained him.

DeKalb ambulance provider to receive $77 million contract despite struggles

County officials say ambulance provider AMR has made progress on response times and that the new subsidy should help.

Fatal arrest of Eurie Martin by deputies amounts to murder.

A last request: He asked for water but ended up in a deadly arrest.

Three white former deputies in Central Georgia face a retrial on murder charges after shocking Black pedestrian Eurie Martin with a Taser in 2017.

A Russian banker spent millions on Atlanta properties, left with little trace

Sergey Khotimskiy invested over $37 million in Atlanta real estate. He is among the 4,000 people and entities the U.S. sanctioned after the Ukraine invasion.