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In 1848, An Enslaved Couple Fled to Boston in One of History’s Most Daring Escapes

by Seyward Darby January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

“Risking their lives for liberty and for love, Ellen and William Craft devised a bold plan: They’d don disguises — she as a white man — and embark on the perilous journey north.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Misdirectives

by Seyward Darby January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

“A public high school teacher asks why the wrong things cause a fuss in schools.”

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

In Georgia, Citrus is Just Peachy

by Krista Stevens January 21, 2021October 19, 2022

“’You’re going to see Georgia citrus become the next Vidalia onion,’ Franklin says. ‘Soon they’ll be in every grocery store around.’”

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Almost Home’: On Place, Legacy, Growing Up in Atlanta, and Symbols of White Supremacy

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 12, 2021October 19, 2022

An essay on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Helping Elderly Black People to Vote in 1976

by Krista Stevens November 20, 2020October 19, 2022

“I called out the names, and they’d tell me who they wanted to vote for. Then, very carefully, I put my finger by each name they’d chosen.”

Posted inCrime, Featured, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

Bonded by Grief, Pain, and Loss

by Krista Stevens November 5, 2020October 19, 2022

“Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?”

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, History, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Sports

‘Shots fired. Male on ground, bleeding out.’

by michelleweber June 23, 2020October 19, 2022

When “Who gets to go jogging without getting shot?” is an actual question a society has to ask, that society is fundamentally flawed.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Lightning, Struck: How an Atlanta Neighborhood Died on the Altar of Super Bowl Dreams

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 22, 2019October 19, 2022

Thirty years ago, the entire community of Lightning, in Atlanta’s west side, was destroyed to build the Georgia Dome. This oral history, told by the residents that were displaced, compiles the stories and memories of a long-gone neighborhood.

Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Featured, investigations, Nonfiction, Story

Reckoning With Georgia’s Increasing Suppression of Asian American Voters

by Anjali Enjeti December 19, 2018October 19, 2022

As AAPI’s become a more powerful, Democrat-leaning voting bloc, efforts to keep them from the polls intensify.

Posted inCurrent Events, Profiles & Interviews, Reading List, Unapologetic Women

Stacey Abrams’ Historic Win in Georgia: A Reading List

by Danielle Jackson May 25, 2018October 19, 2022

Stacey Abrams’ win in Georgia could put one of the U.S.’s most populous red states in play for progressives for the first time in decades.

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