Atlanta Forward: Higher education

As a new school year begins, today’s Atlanta Forward page is devoted to issues of higher education. The president of Spelman College calls on us to make greater investments in our young people. A professor of English at Georgia State University talks about the value of literature in challenging students to seek the truth.

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Tom Sabulis

New Georgia election audit targets voters registered at P.O. boxes and businesses

Georgia election officials are trying to find inaccurate voter registrations of people registered at P.O. boxes or business addresses.

Rent an apartment, or just a bedroom, at this new Atlanta skyscraper

Amid rising costs and changing lifestyles, Society Atlanta offers a co-living model designed to shake up traditional apartments.

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In Georgia’s melon mecca, watermelon wizards’ ears are sweetly attuned

In the heart of Georgia's watermelon country, everyone has a trick to tell if a melon is ripe. One way is the sound a melon makes when it is thumped. Or better, patted.