Columnists
- Patricia MurphyThe Jolt: District Attorney Fani Willis sets Trump probe timeline
- Bill TorpyOPINION: ‘Reign of terror’ takes a break with Atlanta judge’s suspension
- Maureen DowneyOpinion: Feds pushed student loans; they should forgive all of them
- Nedra RhoneOPINION: Sheltering pets of displaced families is good, fixing a housing crisis is better
Opinion: Improving Ga.’s rural health care can’t fall victim to special interests
I understand from personal experience what a lack of healthcare access means to rural Georgia families. Weeks before...
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Opinion: We have solutions for rural health care crisis
Since 2008, the gap between rural and urban American mortality has been increasing. We now are at the point that death...
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Opinion: New state tax credit can help former foster kids
It’s a common misconception that when a child is removed from a bad situation at home and placed in foster care, life...
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Opinion: Georgia must do right by public defenders, people they serve
In 2002, fresh out of college, I moved to Atlanta for an internship with the Southern Center for Human Rights, a...
Politics
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Clayton officials missed red flags in approving $800M ‘Roman’ project
As a novice developer and Clayton County’s development authority were nearing a deal in the fall of 2021 to provide...
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Report: Antisemitic incidents up 63% in Georgia
Anti-Jewish hatred spiked last year in Georgia and the United States to the highest level recorded, according to a new...
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As crime rose, Atlanta failed to spend millions earmarked for violence prevention
Shortly after 10 a.m. on a sunny Monday last March the sound of gunshots sliced through Atlanta’s Oakland City West End...
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Bill to strengthen tenant protections passes Ga. Senate committee
A bill that would for the first time require Georgia landlords to provide housing that is “fit for human habitation”...
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South Georgia lawyer convicted in Jan. 6 case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — William McCall Calhoun Jr.’s face reddened as U.S. District Court Judge Dabney L. Friedrich read a...
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the investigation into fatal UGA crash
ATHENS — The celebration began early and ran late. A parade through the University of Georgia campus. A ceremony that...
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After no-contest plea, Jalen Carter convicted in crash that killed 2
Former University of Georgia football star Jalen Carter was convicted Thursday on two misdemeanor charges related to a...
UGA’s Smart: ‘We’ve got complete control of our program’
ATHENS — University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart defended his program’s integrity Tuesday, dismissing...