In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat. Up until 2007, Atlanta’s annual celebration of queer identity and rights took place every June, a nod to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. […]
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Starting5: Adriana Smith’s Son, Fani Willis, Atlanta Carnival, and ‘Sinners’
Welcome to Starting5, your daily rundown of five ATL news items that should be on your radar or in your group chat. Our morning primer covering culture, politics, sports, and more, is your cheat sheet on what’s buzzing in the A. A Mother’s Wish: Family of Adriana Smith Wants to Preserve Pregnancy There’s a new […]
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Starting5: Shedeur Sanders Lawsuit, Rick Ross Car Show, HIV News, and Black Voter Plan
Welcome to Starting5, your daily rundown of five ATL news items that should be on your radar or in your group chat. Our morning primer covering culture, politics, sports, and more, is your cheat sheet on what’s buzzing in the A. Quarterback Sneak: Georgia Football Fan Sues NFL Over Shedeur Sanders Snub Shedeur Sanders was […]
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Starting5: Diddy’s Trial, Target Boycott, Atlanta Dream, and Essence Festival 2025
Welcome to Starting5, your daily rundown of five ATL news items that should be on your radar or in your group chat. Our morning primer covering culture, politics, sports, and more, is your cheat sheet on what’s buzzing in the A. Diddy Trial: Male Exotic Dancer Testifies Today marks the eighth day of Sean “Diddy” […]
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Morehouse College Graduation: Celebrating Brotherhood and Black Excellence
(Photos by Ari Skin) 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 spectacular array of pageantry that marks the matriculation of hundreds of Black men every year and reinforces the HBCU’s status as a beacon of Black […]
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Who Is F. DuBois Bowman, the Next President of Morehouse?
Morehouse College has selected one of its own to grab the baton as the school’s next president. Public health leader and biostatistician F. DuBois Bowman — who graduated from the institution in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics — will join the school as its 13th president at a time of great upheaval in […]
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Goodwill Drops a Cowboy Carter-Inspired Collection Ahead of Beyonce’s ATL Show
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 division of the international thrift store chain, launched a limited-time capsule collection last Friday dubbed “Cowboy Goodwill” to align with the artistic and conceptual […]
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DeKalb Man Brings Mobile Showers and Laundry to Atlanta’s Unhoused Community
We’ve partnered with the AJC to help recognize amazing Georgians who have done their small part to make a big difference. We’ve profiled two of the 48 people who remind each of us that acts of kindness are never random. You can meet the rest of this year’s ‘Everyday Heroes’: ajc.com/heroes Clarenton “Nicky” Crawford has […]