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Georgia ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Could Protect KKK, Sponsor Admits
Georgia’s state senate is considering a “religious liberty” bill that would make it easier to discriminate against LGBT people by, as Americans United explains, allowing “any individual or ‘faith-based’ business, non-profit entity, or taxpayer-funded organization to ignore any law that conflicts with their religious beliefs about marriage.” By Miranda Blue. (Feb. 19)
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The surprising public reaction to a sex tape scandal in Georgia
After sex tapes featuring two politicians surfaced, many people reacted not by shunning the public figures involved - but by protesting against the leakers.
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Marshals nab Georgia prison escapee after nearly 50 years
The man they knew as Robert Gordon didn't stand out in the small town of Sherman, Connecticut. He was the guy who'd fix your boat. Favored the meatball grinder at the Sherman IGA. Seemed a decent sort. All true enough, those who know him say, but authorities say it turns out he was keeping a secret, too. Nearly 48 years ago, on August 22, 1968, Gordon, whose full name is Robert Gordon Stackowitz, escaped from the infirmary at a Georgia prison...
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A Year Ago Someone Set Fire to a Black Church in Georgia. What Now?
The spate of all-black church burnings after Charleston did not curb old anxieties of racial hatred in the south. It amplified them. By Collier Meyerson. (June 30, 2016)
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Billy the kid
A tale of repentance, redemption and reinvention. (June 30, 2016)
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September 2, 1864: Union Troops Capture Atlanta
During the Civil War, the fall of Atlanta proved to be a blow from which the Confederacy never recovered.
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The Road to Tama-Re
An enigmatic ex-con, his improvised religion, and the Georgia town that watched it all fall. By Asher Elbein.
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Southern Wildfires Create Smoky Haze, Prompt Health Concerns
Wildfires burning across the South have created a smoky haze over metro Atlanta and prompted a public health advisory in Kentucky — and the forests are expected to continue burning for days as flaming leaves fall to the ground and spread the fire, authorities said Wednesday. In Georgia,...
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A lynching in Georgia: the living memorial to America’s history of racist violence
There are still no national monuments to the thousands of black Americans killed during a century of lynchings. But for 12 years, activists in Georgia have been re-enacting the infamous 1946 murders of two black men and their wives.
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Georgia lawmaker, traveling with storm relief money, is shot
A Georgia lawmaker is recovering from a gunshot wound after he says he was shot behind an adult entertainment store while traveling with several thousand dollars in donations for storm relief efforts. State Rep. Gerald Greene, 69, had stopped for gas in Columbus when he was shot in the leg Thursday, a spokesman for Georgia House Speaker David Ralston told statehouse reporters.
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Drinking Chai to Savannah
Reflections on Identity, Inclusion and Power in the South. By Anjali Enjeti.
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Trump voters in South Georgia come to terms with GOP health plan
“The way they talked it was supposed to be better…” By Craig Schneider and Misty Williams.
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If you publish Georgia’s state laws, you’ll get sued for copyright and lose
If you want to read the official laws of the state of Georgia, it will cost you more than $1,000. Open-records activist Carl Malamud bought a hard copy, and it cost him $1,207.02 after shipping and taxes. A copy on CD was $1,259.41. The "good" news for Georgia residents is that they'll only have to pay $385.94 to buy a printed set from LexisNexis.
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Disunion: Humanity and Hope in a Southern Prison
For more than the obvious reasons, Civil War soldiers in both armies despised military prisons....Andersonville, the infamous Georgia prison, was the ultimate abattoir; during the summer of 1864 nearly one in three Union inmates died.
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On a Georgia Island, a Lot of Good Food and Plenty of Nothing
Cumberland Island offers memorable meals, fine fishing, wild horses, empty beaches and a rich history.
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Ossoff, Handel battle for Georgia special election win
Strategists often warn that special elections are not good harbingers of midterm success.
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A pro-Trump group is using Obama's voice out of context in radio ad for Georgia's special election
An outside group that supports President Donald Trump is running a radio ad in Atlanta ahead of Georgia's special election Tuesday that takes the voice of former President Barack Obama out of context to make the argument that Democrats take black voters for granted.
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Georgia’s Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish
Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, and Karen Handel, a Republican, will face off Tuesday in the most expensive House campaign in history — and one of the most consequential since the 1970s.
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What Health Care Means in Clay County [Rural Georgia U.S.A.]
“There just isn’t what you’d expect to have in America down here,” Dr. Karen Kinsell says. By Charles Bethea.
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Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Deputies allegedly touched girls vaginas and breasts and groped boys in their groin area during the search at the Worth County High School April 14.
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