Veronica Womack’s research includes the Pigford cases, settled in 1999 and 2010, under which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledged it had discriminated against Black farmers and agreed to financial compensation. She founded the Black Farmers Network to provide…
One of Georgia’s newest residents is among the most famous sports personalities in the country: A man who has a resumé brimming with accolades, accomplishments and records (and four Super Bowl rings), not to mention membership in both the College…
Growing up in DeKalb County, I knew Stone Mountain pretty well – the world’s largest exposed granite outcropping, formed more than 300 million years ago by volcanic pressure inside the Earth. It was a familiar landmark visible from roadways and…
I hope as this comes out in August things are different, but as I’m writing it Georgia has been inexplicably slow to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As of mid-June, only about a third of the state’s population had received both…
Interim Chancellor: Teresa MacCartney, formerly executive vice chancellor for administration at USG and the state budget director under former Gov. Nathan Deal, is the new acting chancellor of the university system. She was appointed by the Board of Regents (BOR)…
Cooking Up Jobs: Meal delivery service Freshly Inc. is doubling its planned workforce in Georgia and investing $52 million to open a new 289,000-square-foot facility in Clayton County. The company, which opened its first Southeastern U.S. distribution facility in Cobb…
About seven years ago, the Putnam County region lost some of its major employers. Looking for ways to boost the economy, community leaders recalled the poetry and prose that seemed to spring from the piedmont. With that in mind, the…
In March 2020, business predictions were grim. “You had all these experts, the National Main Street Center and the Small Business Association, doing nationwide statistics and saying that 30% to 35% of small businesses would not survive the pandemic,” says…
Determined to throw off the pall that blanketed Dougherty County for more than a year, community leaders, educators and business heads are busily polishing the economic silver and updating the quality-of-life menu in hopes of attracting new residents, more visitors,…
Kristine Werner grew up in the era of “Just say no.” She remembers signing a pledge in elementary school, at the height of the 1980s anti-drug campaign: “I will always say no. I will never try drugs.” She meant it.…
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