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This Atlanta Co-Working Space Helps Black Women Entrepreneurs Scale and Succeed

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To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August.  Anthony Gee knows Black women are good for business. The CEO and founder of Koncept House, a co-working space in Castleberry Hill, launched his company because he saw an unmet need to serve small businesses in Atlanta. And […]

Posted inHealth, Politics & Policy

Nurses Rally Against Atlanta VA Layoffs, Warn of Risk to Black Veterans

A portrait of Alyssa Johnson by Alyssa Johnson

Nurses, veterans, and community members waved signs outside the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur on Tuesday protesting pending layoffs and union busting efforts at the VA that they say will detrimentally impact care that local Black veterans need. In 2023, around 34% of all veterans in Georgia were Black, according to data from […]

Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics

Thurmond Talks Black Voter Concerns Amid ‘Moment of Political Crisis’

by Chauncey Alcorn

Gubernatorial candidate Michael Thurmond isn’t a fan of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act or its anticipated cuts next year to social safety net programs many Black Georgians rely on to pay bills. The 72-year-old former DeKalb County CEO spoke with Capital B Atlanta on Monday after officially launching his bid last week […]

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Award-Winning Publisher Creates Joyful Stories for Black Children

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To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August.  Denene Millner knew there was a problem when she saw there were more children’s books about animals than there were stories featuring Black people. And so the six-time New York Times bestselling author, who has penned books for […]

Posted inLocal Politics, Politics & Policy

Rohit Malhotra Aims to Improve Black Economic Mobility in City Council Role

by Chauncey Alcorn

Improving economic outcomes for Black people living on the margins who were born and raised in Atlanta remains the top priority for Rohit Malhotra in his bid to become the next Atlanta City Council president. The 38-year-old self-described “policy nerd,” who lives in Grant Park, is the founder of the Center for Civic Innovation, a […]

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Stone Mountain Controversy: Georgia Moves to Dismiss Confederate Suit Over Slavery Exhibit

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A Confederate soldiers group that filed a lawsuit last month to stop a “truth telling” exhibit from opening at Stone Mountain Park were dealt a blow by Georgia’s attorney general. The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed the lawsuit against the state park, saying officials broke state law by planning an exhibit […]

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Free Atlanta Health Clinics Are Saving Black Women’s Lives. Federal Cuts Could Change That.

A portrait of Alyssa Johnson by Alyssa Johnson

As a health care provider at the Urban Clinic of Atlanta, a nonprofit organization that works to provide free medical services to uninsured and low income residents in Fulton County, Megan Boissonneault is no stranger to how access to care can change people’s lives for the better. “I’m thinking of a patient who I have […]

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Atlanta Entrepreneur Reclaims Neighborhood with Faith-Based Food System

by Dante Miller

To celebrate Black Business Month, Capital B Atlanta is profiling innovative entrepreneurs during the month of August. Shawn DeAngelo Walton is a proud resident of Ashview Heights in southwest Atlanta. Growing up, Walton often saw drug dealers posted on each corner of his neighborhood. But they never tried to pull him into that life — […]

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