The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked President Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, leaving her job secure for now. A distinguished economist, the Georgia native and Spelman College grad is the first Black woman to sit on the Fed’s board. She also held roles in the Clinton, […]
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Warnock Says Trump-Era Rollbacks Are Hurting Black Businesses in Georgia
A coalition of U.S. senators, including Georgia’s Raphael Warnock, is challenging the U.S. Department of Transportation to restore a minority business government contract program that has helped Black entrepreneurs in metro Atlanta secure lucrative deals with the federal government. Warnock was one of several senators who sent a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy […]
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Where Black LGBTQ Atlantans Can Find HIV Care and Support
As Atlanta celebrates Pride month, it’s also a moment for raising awareness and providing support as Black LGBTQ residents remain a vulnerable population to a persistent public health crisis. In 2023, the South had the highest rate of HIV diagnoses out of all U.S. regions, and Black Americans had the highest rate out of all […]
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Eviction-Plagued Trailer Park Investigated by Clayton County Officials
Maintenance workers haven’t finished patching the huge hole in Ana Ivory’s ceiling yet, but the married mother of four said they’ve been in and out of her family’s trailer park home almost daily since a picture of the problem was featured in a Capital B Atlanta story in April. Ivory, 45, said previously that management […]
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Trailer Park Tenants Accuse Owner of Evictions Scam and Abuse
Ciara Daniel thought someone was breaking into her family’s home when her 12-year-old son, Charles, woke her up in a panic. “He woke up screaming, holding his ears, shaking his head,” the single mother of two recalled when Capital B Atlanta visited her three-bedroom trailer at the Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park in Irondale. In reality, […]
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‘Atlanta Influences Everything’ Goes Global With New Airport Store
Atlanta influences everything, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Atlanta influences everything, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The latest outpost of Atlanta Influences Everything opened on Concourse B today, an expansion of the company’s hub on Edgewood Avenue. The airport store offers travelers a curated selection of exclusive apparel, including T-shirts, hoodies, hats, sweatshirts and items […]
Posted inClimate Change, Criminal Justice, Economic Development, Environmental Justice, Policing, Politics & Policy
Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Makes a Black Neighborhood a Testing Lab for AI Policing
This story was published in partnership with Counterstream Media for The AI issue of Peace & Riot. ATLANTA — When he drives through his neighborhood now, Brian Page passes rows of police cars and AI‑powered cameras that track nearly every movement. For most of his life, Page, who goes by “Scapegoat Jones,” felt safest in […]
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Atlanta’s Data Center Surge Meets Resistance in Southwest Communities
Hundreds of residents throughout southwest Atlanta turned out in droves Monday night at the Georgia State University Convocation Center to debate a data center development being planned for their community. The project, which would be built near the West End MARTA station, has led to divisiveness amongst new and legacy residents in the southwest neighborhoods […]
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This Trailer Park Helped Make Atlanta the Eviction Capital of America
Stephania Melton has been fighting to keep a roof over her head ever since she and her four children moved into their three-bedroom trailer in the Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park more than two years ago. The 44-year-old cook and kitchen supervisor from Alabama said the trouble began around March of 2024 after payments for […]
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Community Opposition Was Loud, but South Fulton OK’d a Warehouse Project Anyway
When residents in the South Fulton area learned about a nearly 2 million-square-foot project including three large warehouses being planned for their community, they jumped into action to stop it, gathering 1,000 signatures on a petition. Raising concerns about the development’s environmental impact, residents highlighted that a large forest would be cut down and the […]
