Opinion

OPINION

NBA was right to nix Hawks’ Magic City event. Now talk about why it mattered.

Atlanta Hawks' Magic City Monday promotion was problematic. NBA leadership did the right thing to cancel the event, but that's not enough.

GUEST COLUMN

Georgia risks competitive advantage with bills that curb data center growth

Georgia is a leader in data center growth and construction, but those gains could be imperiled if legislative proposals pass to stymie the industry.

NEDRA RHONE

Move over or speed up? Georgia lawmakers can’t get rid of slow drivers

Georgia lawmakers raced through Crossover Day, but HB 809 never made it to a vote. We need more research to improve road safety — or do we just have a need for speed?

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Prank Death-Georgia
ERICK ERICKSON

Hall County teacher tragedy reveals a freak accident where no one’s to blame

North Hall High School teacher Jason Hughes was killed in a freak accident by students, but many observers refuse to believe that this kind of blameless tragedy is possible.

Georgia students organize protests against ICE after Minnesota killings
GUEST COLUMN

Atlanta-area schools should not treat student protests as a pass to skip class

Metro Atlanta public school educators should teach students about democracy and protests in the classroom, but they shouldn't encourage walkouts with a particular viewpoint.

Trump Kennedy Center
GUEST COLUMN

Shutting down the Kennedy Center belies responsible public stewardship

The Trump administration announced the closure of the Kennedy Center for two years but failed to explain to the public the rationale or what alternatives had been considered.

Girls build underwater craft, math, science skills
GUEST COLUMN

During Women’s History Month, encourage girls who want to pursue STEM fields

AAJC 102021 beer trail
GUEST COLUMN

Georgia brewers are punished by law just for being based in the Peach State

Schoolchildren with their mobile phones in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 24, 2021. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)
GUEST COLUMN

Parents play a key role in nurturing their children’s healthy news habits

Demonstrators carry a banner bearing words from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution during a protest against  the Trump administrationÕs immigration crackdown in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
GUEST COLUMN

Why so many ethnic Black Americans are sitting out anti-ICE protests

Jamie Pleasant award Jesse Jackson
OPINION

Who will succeed Jesse Jackson as the galvanizing voice for diversity?

Jesse Jackson Memorial
GUEST COLUMN

How the Rev. Jesse Jackson got corporate America to take diversity seriously

APTOPIX State of the Union
JAMIE DUPREE

Congress can do better — and so can Georgia

aca people
GUEST COLUMN

Ga. small businesses shouldn’t have to sacrifice health care coverage to grow

Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Jonathan Jackson
AJC CONTRIBUTOR

Before Obama, Jesse Jackson shaped Black America’s political imagination

Apalachee Verdict?
GUEST COLUMN

Apalachee High shooting is a tragic case of parental irresponsibility