America has an immigration problem. Ask 100 people what that problem is, and you’d get 100 different answers. For decades, “solving the immigration crisis” has been a top priority for both Democrats and Republicans and yet here we are in…
Georgia has been the epicenter of national politics ever since President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. After gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams came within 1.4% of then-candidate Brian Kemp in 2018, anyone with experience…
Many of us know Michael Thurmond as the chief executive officer of DeKalb County. He has been in Georgia politics for decades, serving as a state legislator, the head…
January can be a rough time for a lot of people. The holidays are over; we’re all still pretending that we’re going to make progress on our New Year’s resolutions, and it’s about as cold as it ever gets in…
Take a moment to think about the most uncomfortable moments in your life. Were you cramped in a space that was far too small for far too long? Did you have to use the bathroom in front of somebody else?…
Those who are regular readers of this column know there is no shortage of things that I think Georgia could do better. From our overburdened public education system to our lack of affordable healthcare to our outdated and overcrowded incarceration…
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become one of the most hotly debated and least understood topics in just the last few years. At its most basic level, AI is a technology “that mimics human intelligence to perform tasks and can…
Atlanta has been home to countless icons from business to politics to civil rights. The King family has deep roots that run throughout the city; Congressman John Lewis taught us what it meant to get into good trouble here; and…
In a time of unprecedented division in our country, it is always worth starting off with a statement that we can all agree with. In this case, I would like to open with such a statement: Georgia is hot. As…
For many of us, Georgia became the center of the political world in 2020. As polls showed one of the tightest elections in the country between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, news organizations from every corner of the country and…
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