Nedra Rhone
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Nedra Rhone is a lifestyle columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where she has been a reporter since 2006. A graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism, she enjoys writing about the people, places and events that define metro Atlanta. She has written about style, entertainment, personal finance and the environment for the AJC. Previously, Rhone was a staff writer at Newsday where her first assignment was covering the devastating impact of 9/11 on the families and communities of Long Island. She later covered K-12 education for Long Island's 125 school districts and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her reporting on women in hip-hop. Sign up to have her column sent to your inbox: ajc.com/newsletters/nedra-rhone-columnist.
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Tuesday Feature

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

Social media apps

‘Teen takeovers’ signal the need for deeper, more meaningful connection

Cobb County Remembrance Coalition

Cobb County’s past racial terror haunts the present

first Black Flight attendants for Delta: Patricia Grace Murphy and Phenola Culbreath, both hired in 1966

As Delta’s first Black flight attendants, they were ready for social change

AAJC 070424 Praise House

Turning Beacon Hill into a passive park can unite the community

Basketball player Walt Frazier takes a nostalgic tour of the Sweet Auburn district and the surrounding neighborhoods where he grew up, Dec. 18, 1983. 
(The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Walt Frazier, former New York Knick basketball star and toast of Manhattan for his flashy style on and off the court, makes a nostalgic tour of some of his old haunts in Atlanta. Atlanta Weekly. Sunday December 18, 1983.

AJCP029-006b, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Atlanta in Black and white: A century of becoming

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a campaign event for then-Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Concord, N.H., on Jan. 19, 2024. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Response to Trump’s racist post implies there’s more to come

Passing Walter White

For Walter White, the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre sparked a reckoning within

Gwinnett custodian goes from cleaning bathrooms to teaching classrooms

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

 Alvin Ailey

She’s ready to move Alvin Ailey boldly forward