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The Stitch is a downtown Atlanta highway-capping project. The local project, which receives federal grant funding, is estimated to cost around $750 million. The project has been in the works […]

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LaToya Dickens says her husband, whom she met when they were teenagers, physically abused her for years. “By the time I was 18 years old, he and I had three […]

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Just because you can’t see them when you pull onto the roadway doesn’t mean you’re safe. Drones operated by the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office are watching and looking for traffic […]

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While many doulas are women, one man is working to change the narrative about who can support families during childbirth. Sylvester Pierce, 44, operates a doula business called Younity Birthwork, where he provides services ranging from childbirth education, postpartum care, and more.   “Doulas are there for the emotional, spiritual, and physical support of birthing parents. […]

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Fraternity members and HBCU alum are mourning the loss of Anthony Pearson after his fatal shooting on Sunday. And now they want to help a young girl who lost her father. A day of fellowship and brotherhood turned into tragedy when a masked man opened fire at a Kappa Alpha Psi picnic over the weekend, […]

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On a quiet stretch of White and Lawton streets, in southwest Atlanta, there’s no marker. No sign. Just a patch of sidewalk, cars passing, and weeds curling from a cracked curb that offers no clues to its past.  But in the summer of 1911, this is where Lizzie Watts was found — her throat slashed, […]

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Frederick Douglass delivered his historic speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in 1852, calling out the hypocrisy of the holiday designated to celebrate America’s freedom.  For some of us, this message still resonates today. So with the long weekend coming up, Capital B Atlanta rounded up some super Black events to […]

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Over the weekend, 30-year-old Adriana Smith was finally laid to rest after months on life support. Family and friends celebrated the young mother’s life at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia by sharing memories of Smith’s kind spirit, while also expressing concerns about the circumstances surrounding her medical care. “It’s awful what’s happened to this family,” […]

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Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in 2020, is back in the news after a bar fight on Sunday. And people are now demanding accountability from Atlanta’s mayor. Witnesses at X Midtown club described a chaotic scene to police where Rolfe reportedly punched one of the club’s workers four times.  […]

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In a marathon, seven-hour rate case hearing Thursday, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) weighed Georgia Power’s request to keep base consumer power rates frozen at their current level for three additional years.

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In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Topher Payne has been writing plays and screenplays from his home in Atlanta for more than 25 years. His latest comedy, A First Lady’s Guide to Killing...

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The High Museum of Art presents a stunning collection of works by late multimedia artist and activist Faith Ringgold in Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. Known for her paintings, sculptures, mixed media works, performances and activism, she is perhaps most remembered for her narrative story quilts. Some might not know that she was a prolific award-winning...

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The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the movie follows Stereotypical Barbie as she grapples with the picture-perfect fictional life, the feminine ideals she symbolizes and the unnerving reality of life for women. Throughout this tale, Barbie learns about the oppressive structure...

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Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: In addition to the shows listed below, Atlanta boasts several venues where you...

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Echo Valley doesn’t earn its talented acting ensemble; Mountainhead overestimates our tolerance for fabulously wealthy tech bros. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. You might say it’s a low bar to clear, but Straw is one of the better movies written and directed by Atlanta’s media machine, Tyler Perry. (Yeah,...

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Each week, ArtsATL curates a selection of the most exciting arts and culture events happening in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting nine must-see experiences. This week is a little different, though. Because July 4 falls on Friday this year, it’s all about the fireworks this weekend. The arts seem to be taking a little break, which isn’t surprising. That...

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Michael Hardwick never envisioned himself as an activist or a public figure, but, by fate, he became one. Although he’s known widely as being at the epicenter of one of the most substantial gay rights cases of all time, few know much about the man outside of the court case. Author Martin Padgett wanted to...

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On June 21, ABV Gallery hosted opening receptions for three exhibitions: Locals Only, featuring Georgia-themed artworks by more than 80 local artists; Through the Lens, highlighting four photographers, and an unconventional but fitting partnership with the Center for Puppetry Arts. A handful of puppets on loan from the Center are displayed in the main gallery,...

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Newspaper reporters were once powerful enough to topple a government using only their typewriters. Watergate sent countless scruffy idealists to J-school to emulate Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Atlanta newsman Ralph Ellis was one of them, and, for his fiction debut, he draws upon his halcyon memories in The Accident Report, a cagey, comic novel...

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. After six bill increases in the last three years, Georgia Power rates will now stay the same for the time being.  Under a deal approved Tuesday by the Georgia Public Service Commission, Georgia Power’s rates will stay the […]

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If it is southwest of Atlanta, why is it called East Point? This week on the Stories of Atlanta, we take a look at what seems to be an Atlanta history contradiction. It has to do with the naming of a neighboring city and why it got its name. With the unpleasantness of dealing with […]

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On Tuesday, June 10, more than 60 people packed into “Dad’s Garage Theatre “for a live taping of the “What’s Good, Atlanta?” podcast, a civic storytelling show that blends comedy, poetry and public interest. Produced by local creatives Mark Kendall and David Perdue (no relation to the former U.S. Senator from Georgia). The show brought […]

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Why are both Democrats and Republicans so sure the One Big Beautiful Bill will be President Donald Trump’s last big chance to pass legislation?

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It’s so Atlanta to celebrate the demolition of history. Such was the case Monday afternoon when various VIPS, including Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman (a stand-in for Mayor Andre Dickens) and various dignitaries with Wellstar Health System and the Integral Group, gathered at the site of the former Georgia Baptist Hospital (the now-vacant Atlanta […]

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