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AI can help farmers be more effective and sustainable, but its use varies from state to state. A project in Georgia aims to bring the technology to the state’s cotton farmers.
The pardons strike home for his right-wing religious supporters, many of whom think that Democrats will do anything to quash their faith.
Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques are making their recovery from US sources increasingly viable.
‘40 acres and a mule’ never happened. Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth, from Evanston, Illinois, to Athens, Georgia.
The result in Georgia was less of a knife-edge than had been predicted – the reasons for this are embedded in the state’s difficult history.
A trained social worker helps people without homes obtain the support they need and addresses other residents’ concerns about street safety.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
Ardent segregationist Lester Maddox became governor of Georgia after earning the admiration of white voters by refusing to integrate his chicken restaurant.
Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a responder, but they aren’t universally loved – and they don’t get paid.
A Georgia election law scholar explains what’s behind the ruling and what it means for the state’s prosecution of Trump.
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
The NFL’s embrace of the sport points to a promising future. But gender and political divides could stand in the way.
Legal experts worry the “doubling down” on demonstrators who are opposed to the planned giant police training facility could undermine the right to protest.
Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
Hand-counting every ballot might sound like a great idea, but it’s both slower and less accurate than machine-counting votes.
Donald Trump faces ‘double the trouble’ as Georgia charges were added to federal charges brought over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And that’s thanks to federalism.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ RICO charges against Trump are targeting election law violations, but by another name. The charges can result in a minimum five years in prison.
Scholarly experts explain many aspects and angles of the criminal cases involving former president Donald Trump.
Tombstones that used the honorifics ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ restored a sense of dignity to people who had been denied it in life.
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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of History and History Education, Kennesaw State University
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
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Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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