Atlanta’s The Paradox is driving a Black pop-punk revolution
Forget everything you thought pop-punk looked like. Over the past five years, pop-punk and emo streams have surged, driven by TikTok trends and a new wave of artists reshaping the genre. Leading that charge is Atlanta’s The Paradox — a Black pop-punk band breaking stereotypes and sharing stages with legends like Green Day and Jack White. Their rise proves pop-punk has no boundaries, as similar artists bring Black roots back to the forefront of rock. Join the AJC’s Jordan Pettiford as she explores her own passion for the music and the movement redefining what the genre means today. Credits: AJC | Spotify | The Paradox, Pierce The Veil/YouTube | theparadoxband, 2anith, 4m4ris, sagepxyy/TikTok | the paradoxband, magnoliapark, mmataband/Instagram | NBC
Same Civil War, different story: How textbooks rewrote slavery and Lincoln
Credits: AJC|PBS|ANF|WPLG|11Alive|Getty|STL Post Disp.|Daviess Co. Pub. Libr.|TN State Libr. and Arch.|HathiTrust|Libr. of Cong.|NY Pub. Libr.|The TX Trib.|NBCN
Bodycam footage shows Georgia police traffic stop leading to ICE arrests
Body camera footage shows Georgia police pulling over a work van and contacting ICE. Credits: AJC|Jefferson PD|Mario Guevara, Luis Estrada Telemundo Atlanta/FB
Why people still reenact the Civil War 160 years later
Civil War reenactors say they’re preserving history, but their work is central to debates about Southern identity. Credit: AJC | Getty | New York Public Library
Ossoff invokes Founding Fathers in warning about Trump
Sen. Jon Ossoff invoked the Founding Fathers while contrasting their vision for the country with current political divisions. Credits: Jon Ossoff/YouTube