Rick Badie
Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he’s covered the region’s immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC’s Gwinnett edition. He is a moderator of conversations on the AJC's Atlanta Forward page.
Latest from Rick Badie
Expect efforts to turn most of unincorporated south DeKalb County in to a Georgia city to continue during the 2016 legislative session.
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
December 23, 2015
WEDNESDAY CONVERSATION: REGIONAL ECONOMY
December 22, 2015
The University of Georgia has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS research in Uganda.
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
December 16, 2015
Could terrorist acts like those that occurred in Paris and San Bernardino take place in Atlanta? An expert on terrorism and community policing ponders that possibility in today’s lead column.
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
December 9, 2015
Religious Liberty debate
December 8, 2015
Last month, Atlanta joined the world with symbolic gestures and vigils to mourn victims of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris.
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
December 2, 2015
Regional Economy
December 1, 2015
Syrian refugees are seeking shelter. Should Georgia allow them to resettle here as the state has done in the past for ethnic groups fleeing persecution and war-torn regions?
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
November 25, 2015
Leadership
November 24, 2015
Writers today explore breathing new vitality into Atlanta's historic, struggling Westside.
Regional Economy
November 17, 2015
Atlanta Forward: Regional economy
November 10, 2015
In our lead column, medical experts entrenched in the AIDS battle stress the importance of HIV testing as a first step toward curbing the disease.
Thursday Conversation: Leadership
November 4, 2015
Forest industry and new poverty assessment tool
November 3, 2015
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
October 21, 2015
Regional Economy
October 20, 2015
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
October 14, 2015
They covet the same thing — more peace, understanding, civic engagement and equal footing for all residents in their respective communities.
Thursday Conversation: Leadership
October 7, 2015
Matters of life and death
September 23, 2015
Wednesday Conversation: Regional Economy
September 15, 2015
Atlanta Forward: Leadership
September 9, 2015

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