Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

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Metro Atlanta is slowly getting up to bike speed. The Georgia Department of Transportation has adopted a “Complete Streets” policy that integrates cycling and pedestrian usage into new construction. Paved trails in Cobb County and the Beltline in Atlanta are new attractions. Today’s columns look at the bike boom among minorities and women and how citizens need to share city streets.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)