As protests over George Floyd’s death consume the country, students are forcing a reappraisal of a controversial editor and orator who helped build modern Atlanta.
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Police experience in crisis and hostage negotiation could come in handy when dealing with cybercriminals who have, effectively, kidnapped data.
A woman recently died from Legionnaires’ disease at an Atlanta hotel. Why? The cause is known and the disease is largely preventable. Yet the number of cases in the US continue to rise.
The country’s ‘Black Mecca’ is hosting the Super Bowl. With the NFL’s national anthem controversy still lingering, this creates an undeniable paradox.
The city’s image as a model for black mobility and civil rights is crumbling. An expert on race and class politics takes us behind the veneer of one of the South’s most important cities.
Atlanta is a black majority city that has elected black mayors since 1973. Two candidates now face a runoff in December.
The desire to help during emergencies like Hurricane Irma is admirable. Doing some homework might make your contributions go farther.
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Education Policy & Law; Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Freelance Reporter and Editor, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor of African-American Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of English and former Academic Director of the Public Humanities Hub, University of British Columbia
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E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Deputy Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor, Journalism Department, UMass Amherst
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Director, Urban Studies Institute, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
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Associate Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, and Professor of History, Indiana University
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Lawyer and Community Organizer at Community Movement Builders