Atlanta Forward: Leadership

Sometimes tragedy inspires long-term initiatives to help the broader community. Hence, The Giving Kitchen, a nonprofit devoted to assisting Atlanta restaurant industry employees in their times of need. In our lead column, the organization’s executive director explains its origins and the growth of its mission to help hard-hit workers stay afloat. The other essay deals with food, travel and international volunteerism here and abroad via a nonprofit aptly named Go Eat Give.

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Rick Badie

I fought for America abroad, but now I’m fighting to save it from within

The fight now is not overseas but here at home: rejecting violence, resisting vigilantes, and recommitting ourselves to one another and to the Constitution.

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Income tax cuts are great. The tough part is deciding who will pay for them.

Until leaders engage in the conversation about revenues, eliminating the state income tax is not a reality in Georgia despite all the campaign promises.

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Savannah needs to be less reliant on tourism, Southern states should create a scientific alliance and involved fathers are important role models for kids, our readers write.

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