A 1907 AJC newspaper contains what looks like the original Facebook feed
After discovering old copies of The Atlanta Journal in a 100-year-old house, we realized that the social pages from 1907 aren’t too different from how we use social media in the present day. The AJC’s Koralie Barrau hears from Stephen Braren, the director of applied research at Social Creatures, about why humans crave social connection — and how they evolved to need it. Credits: AJC | Getty Images | Robin Dunbar | Prelinger Archives | Sid Davis Productions | Owen Murphy Productions | U.S. Army Pictorial Service | calebu2 / YouTube | B.K. Blake Inc. | Gary Goldsmith | Social Creatures | Nature Human Behaviour | Cottonbro Studio, Anthony, Adailton Batista, Brian Mains, Coverr / Pexels
What decades of 'forever chemicals' left behind in one Georgia community
For years, Calhoun citizens saw “forever chemicals" wash out of carpet mills. Credits: AJC|Mapbox|OpenStreetMap|Getty|Calhoun: Water Matters/FB|GA Gen. Assembly
Atlanta’s hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture
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How Delta’s first Black flight attendants navigated racism at 30,000 feet
Delta Air Lines hired Black flight attendants for the first time in 1966. Credits: AJC|Delta Air Lines|Ebony Magazine|Getty|Jet Magazine|The Atlanta Journal
We searched for Atlanta’s best bagel. Here’s the winner.
The AJC's food and dining team set out on a mission: Find the best bagel in Atlanta. Was it Emerald City Bagel, PopUp Bagels or some other local favorite?