Atlanta can’t afford to re-elect the status quo ATLANTA — Atlanta politics have been slowly and begrudgingly changing over the years. What has always remained in place is the regular cast of characters in City Hall. The charismatic mayor, the […]
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A look into Operation Shield—Atlanta’s own surveillance network making it the most surveilled city in the U.S. ATLANTA – On June 21, the Atlanta City Council adopted an ordinance sponsored by Councilwoman Andrea Boone (District 10) that would help expand
How voting for school board members affects everyone even if they don’t have children ATLANTA — As election season begins to pick up speed, it seems like a perfect time to remind everyone once again how important the whole ballot
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New plans aim to combat gentrification and increase affordable housing unlikely to help with old housing policies still intact ATLANTA — The affordable housing shortage in Atlanta continues to plague the capital city as much, if not more, than COVID-19
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As Atlanta residents face increasing economic tensions due to the coronavirus pandemic, big-time development along the Westside rings major gentrification alarm bells ATLANTA — Atlanta doesn’t have a housing shortage; it has an affordable housing shortage. Atlanta’s affordable housing crisis
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A look back at a long-gone Atlanta It’s no secret that Atlanta is widely and rapidly gentrifying, changing the geography and culture of a city that seems to perpetually seek “progress.” Gentrification, the typically planned process by which individuals in
This article is a co-write by Charla Johnson & Jamie Jones. “Loving black culture has never meant loving black people, too. Loving black culture risks loving the life out of it.” Wesley Morris, The 1619 Project, The New York Times
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