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NW Georgia has long lived with forever chemicals. Now comes the reckoning.

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SAVE Act threatens Georgians’ right to vote. Who will save the Peach State?

At left, Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. At right, Kid Rock visits the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2025. (Chris Pizzello/AP and Pool/AP)

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Are you a Bad Bunny or a Kid Rock American? In U.S., be free to choose.

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Trump isn’t reviving the Monroe Doctrine. He’s importing Warsaw Pact logic.

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DOJ targets some church protesters, but not all. Justice cannot be selective.

Gwinnett custodian goes from cleaning bathrooms to teaching classrooms

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Gwinnett gets tough on tots, merits of redshirting still up for debate

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Iran’s political prisoners are running out of time. Why it matters in Atlanta.

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DOJ targets some church protesters, but not all. Justice cannot be selective.

The Department of Justice went after protesters who stormed a Minnesota church, but AG Pam Bondi ignored pleas from a Georgia church after a protester disrupted its service.

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Gwinnett gets tough on tots, merits of redshirting still up for debate

I dug through almost 20 years of research on redshirting, and only one thing was clear: It probably isn’t solving the problem that many parents hope it will solve.

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Iran’s political prisoners are running out of time. Why it matters in Atlanta.

Iranians want accountable governance, free elections, equality before the law and an end to executions.

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Asylum seekers with application appointments line up at the Mexican migration agency to obtain permits to travel north to a U.S. port of entry, in the southern city of Tapachula, Mexico, Jan 17, 2025. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)

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U.S. makes clear to asylum-seekers: We will not protect survivors of persecution

In the United States today, the cards are stacked so heavily against asylum-seekers that it often feels like a farce.

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

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Trump wants nationalized elections for his benefit. That’s not how this works.

President Donald Trump said he wants Republicans to do a federal takeover of elections because he continues refuse to concede the 2020 election despite all the evidence.

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Despite 2020 election loss, Trump now uses government to engineer new result

The FBI raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election warehouse is another way for Trump to continue the long-debunked myth that he won the 2020 presidential election.

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Ignore FBI raid noise and focus on the real story: Free and fair elections

Trump can't get over his 2020 loss and jokes about canceling elections. Citizens should not laugh about their rights being trampled on by the federal government.

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Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud undermine faith in Ga. elections

The Trump administration’s FBI raid of a Fulton County elections warehouse is a blatant attempt to legitimize the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

Fulton County elections FBI raid press Conference

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FBI raid lays groundwork for Georgia takeover of Fulton County elections

If the Georgia State Election Board takes over Fulton County elections, it would likely limit the number of days to vote early and voter education efforts by the county.

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Here’s what readers are saying about ICE, protests and Rep. Buddy Carter

Readers sound off on Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, public protests against ICE and Rep. Buddy Carter's call for a greater ICE presence in Atlanta.

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When former CDC Director Bill Foege died, the world lost a hero

Former CDC Director Bill Foege saved millions of lives by helping eradicate smallpox. He worried until his death about dark forces undermining public health.

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ICE enforcement, FBI raid show government is afraid. Democracy is in trouble.

When the government fears its people, citizens' rights are in danger as shown in the cases of ICE enforcement in Minnesota and the FBI raid on a Fulton County voting site.

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Why the FBI raid of Fulton County’s election facility should concern us all

FBI raid of the Fulton County election site is a deliberate attempt by the Trump administration and its allies to undermine free and fair elections in Democratic strongholds.

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Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti lost his life. We must chart a different path.

Minnesota intensive care unit nurse Alex Pretti, like so many of his colleagues, was dedicated to saving lives and showing radical compassion.

Federal Enforcement Immigration Minnesota

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Americans can defend lawful deportations and condemn wrongful enforcement

The U.S. must enforce its immigration laws, protect its border and keep criminals out. The Trump administration should not be trouncing on the rights of Americans to do it.

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Health system fails Black women with cervical cancer. They deserve better.

Medical institutions must take responsibility for rebuilding trust in African American communities especially for Black women with cervical cancer.