Housing affordability has become one of the greatest public policy challenges of the 21st century. In 1972, the median home price in this country was just $26,800, or $189,500 in current dollars. Today, the median home price is $440,300, which…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been the backbone of Black education for over a century, long before Black students were allowed to mingle with white students. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the first HBCU, was founded in 1837 at…
For much of the 2022 campaign season, many Democratic candidates across Georgia put as much distance between themselves and President Joe Biden as possible. As economic conditions worsened in the first half of the year, so too did his approval…
In June, the Supreme Court took away a constitutional right that has been in place and upon which women have relied for almost 50 years. Many in Georgia have celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade as a win for…
It’s the economy, stupid. The saying has reverberated throughout politics for the last 30 years. It’s one coined by Bill Clinton advisor James Carville back in 1992. It was one of three core themes in Clinton’s first campaign for president,…
Cars have been part of American life and culture for over 100 years. Not long after the very first car was invented in 1886 – the Benz Patent Motor Car – personal vehicles became synonymous with the freedom inherent…
Public safety issues are among the most contentious in our state. While there remains a great deal of overlapping viewpoints in Georgia about how to keep communities safe, the rhetoric around policing and criminal justice has never been further apart.…
From a young age, most of us learn about how to respond in a plethora of emergency medical situations. For example, if someone around you has a heart attack, you know to immediately call 911 and perform CPR if they…
It is true that we have been on an increasingly competitive path for the last decade thanks to shifting demographics, with gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ near-win in 2018 followed by President Joe Biden’s victory in the state in 2020 and…
It was never supposed to go like this. Many Atlanta politicos had a clear vision for how the 2021 mayoral election would play out: In the general election, former City Council President Felicia Moore would take first place followed by…
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