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An African drum procession. Fraternity members barking in celebration. Black kings adjusting each other’s proverbial crowns. There’s no graduation quite like Morehouse College’s commencement — a ...

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially entered the race for governor on Tuesday morning, joining what’s expected to be a crowded field of candidates vying to replace Brian Kemp as ...

Brionté McCorkle, executive director of environmental justice group Georgia Conservation Voters, speaks at a rally in February at the state Capitol. Demonstrators focused on proposed laws addressing ...

The Atlanta Police Department plans to spend $54.6 million more than they did last year, a 15% jump. The increase is part of the $3 billion total operating budget that Mayor Andre Dickens is asking ...

Malcolm Walker was grateful to have a roof over his head on Monday after spending the past six months living under a bridge. The 32-year-old Atlanta resident was one of up to 80 unhoused people living ...

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Beyoncé is slated to bring her “Cowboy Carter” tour to Atlanta in two months, and local Goodwill locations are helping thrift-loving fans and concertgoers look the part. Goodwill of North Georgia, a ...

After almost 25 years, the city of Atlanta is set to make major changes to its long-standing tree protection rules as officials propose stricter legislation to preserve the city’s canopy. These ...

Anti-death penalty and disability advocates have criticized how Georgia handled intellectual disability in death penalty cases, because defendants had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were ...

Chad Livsey founded his nonprofit organization, the Chad Livsey Project, in 2020 to help clean up neighborhoods across Atlanta. (Andres Limongi) Chad Livsey has spent the past seven years removing ...

Jimmy Hill protested Sunday outside 2819 Church in southwest Atlanta after the church's pastor, Philip Anthony Mitchell gave a sermon telling Black parents to stop blaming white cops for killing Black ...