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The Most Dangerous Job in the World

Carlos Miguel Palo had barely been back on the job for a week when the first terrifying call came in. It was August 2007 and Palo, a short, gregarious man in his early thirties (whose name has been…
PUBLISHED: June 4, 2013
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5068 words)

The future of Pullman Yard

Originally set to go on the block this spring, the state has postponed selling Kirkwood's historic and beautifully dilapidated relic from Atlanta's railroad past until at least next year. The…
SOURCE:clatl.com
LENGTH: 3 minutes (925 words)
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Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own. Mark with Houston at Houston's…
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8366 words)

A Picture of Tragedy

click to enlarge In November of 2011, Mark Herczog wrote a short, desperate note on his calendar for the week of the 21st. It was about his son.…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1325 words)

My So-Called 'Post-Feminist' Life in Arts and Letters

Illustration by Emily Flake.   My latest novel was just long-listed 
for Britain's Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Prize. I cried when I heard. Then I Googled…
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2013
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1384 words)

Syria has a massive rape crisis

By Lauren Wolfe/Director — April 3, 2013 A mother hides her identity as she holds her baby aloft from the family tent in Zaatari, a refugee camp for Syrians in Jordan, on February 5. In…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2475 words)

Grady: The Past, Present, and Future

A three-part series: The Past, Present, and Futureof Grady Memorial Hospital Part One: 02.27.13 The Past In 2007, Georgia's largest hospital was $60 million in debt and facing closure. This is the…
SOURCE:clatl.com
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Rape Case Unfolds on Web and Splits City

Steubenville, Ohio, is a place where “everybody knows everybody,” a judge said. Work at steel mills and coal mines was once plentiful there. But a lack of jobs has more residents leaving. HOURS AFTER…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (694 words)

Georgia’s Hunger Games

A soup kitchen linePhoto by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. When the economy crashed in 2008, millions of Americans lost their jobs. Applications for food stamps soared. So did attendance at emergency…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 26, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3737 words)
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