A family of four wearing all white and smiling into the camera.

Meet the Atlanta Board of Education candidates: Marlissa Crawford for District 2

With experience in PTAs, PTOs and the neighborhood association board during her 16 years in Ashview Heights, Marlissa Crawford wants to close student opportunity gaps while ensuring teachers are fully supported.

Cellphone with logo of American video surveillance company Flock Safety in front of business website. Focus on center-left of phone display. Atlanta police have used Flock cameras in immigration-related searches.
Atlanta police searched license plate reader network for immigrants, records show

The Atlanta Police Department said that it “has not assisted any federal law enforcement agencies with immigration enforcement activities this year,” but records reveal that on at least 15 occasions, investigators scoured thousands of cameras to track migrants. 

Coffin, Tom, interviewed by Andrew Reisinger, March 4, 2016, Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
Remembering Tom Coffin, 1943 – 2025
Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley
Residents of southwest Atlanta have long called for investment. Is Mayor Dickens’ $5.1 billion plan the answer?

The city has historically neglected southwest Atlanta, despite advocacy efforts. Now, Dickens' $5 billion plan inspires both hope and doubt.

Opinion — Play the Game. Vote for Public Service Commissioners.

The most important race in the country is in your hands.

Pam Noud, founder of the Food Commune in Atlanta, Georgia, helps shoppers amid SNAP benefit cuts on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Jesse Pratt López)
‘We still have to eat’: Communities respond to SNAP fund cuts

1.4 million Georgians face challenges feeding their families as the Trump administration cuts SNAP benefits. Atlanta community members are stepping up to fill the gap.

Courtesy of Jamie Christy for Atlanta City Council District 7.
Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Jamie Christy for District 7

Former collegiate swimmer and Buckhead Young Republicans leader Jamie Christy of Buckhead Forest wants to lower taxes while enhancing infrastructure and public safety.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Thomas Worthy for District 7

With experience on the boards of Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Atlanta Police Foundation, North Buckhead resident Thomas Worthy wants to lower taxes while enhancing infrastructure and public safety.

Two protestors at the No Kings 2 rally in Atlanta hold their hands
‘No Kings’? Agreed, but Atlanta organizers question protest’s efficacy

While many heralded the rally and march as crucial to upholding democracy, others critiqued it as insufficient to meet a moment requiring great change.

Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Dustin Hillis for District 9

Looking to join scarce company as a three-term council member, District 9 Council Member and Riverside resident Dustin Hillis emphasizes his record and his plans on infrastructure, hydraulics and public safety.

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