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Atlanta voted for More MARTA. A decade later, there isn’t much ‘more’ about it

I keep remembering a conversation with an Uber driver from Vine City. In my neighborhood, who controls information controls the people, he told me. Without information, are we voting in […]

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“I see the best and worst of humanity here:” Inside El Refugio and the Stewart ICE Detention Center
Entrance to Emory University, which recently cut it's DEI programming and terminated a faculty member for a Facebook post about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Georgia law students say “Hell no” to ICE recruiting at interscholastic career fair

Hundreds of students and dozens of organizations across Georgia’s five major law schools demand ICE be uninvited to the schools’ Public Sector Career Fair this Friday.

Kerry McCormack, Flock Safety's public relations manager for the East Coast, presents to the Dunwoody City Council ahead of a vote on the city's contract for Flock's 911 dispatch software on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (Matt Scott - Atlanta Community Press Collective)
Dunwoody City Council votes to defer Flock contract over data use concerns

A viral video showing the ease of accessing live feeds from Flock cameras prompted deep questioning of the company’s data practices and contract changes. 

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Meet Sandbox: Atlanta’s fix-it hackerspace and progressive tech collective

Launched in early 2025, Sandbox offers its space in Little Five Points’ Hartz Building for member-run digital security trainings, community fix-it days, 3-D printing and much more.

Statewide project promises to reduce wildlife deaths on Georgia roads
Jamie Marsicano speaks at a press conference, with her attorney Xavier T. de Janon standing behind her, outside the Fulton County Courthouse, following a motions hearing the 'Cop City' racketeering case on Sept. 8, 2025.
Georgia Court of Appeals will take up ‘Cop City’ RICO case

Attorney General Chris Carr appealed Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Farmer’s dismissal of racketeering charges against 61 people. The Georgia Court of Appeals accepted the application on Wednesday, despite process challenges from the defense.

ICE ramps up spending for weapons and training center in Columbus
Local orgs fear further criminalized homelessness in HB 295, advanced from Public Safety Committee

The 8-5 vote marked the third straight year the bill proceeded to the House floor, where it was withdrawn last year without a full-House vote.

Students from Central Gwinnett High School stand on the sidewalk outside the school building on Jan. 30, 2026, as part of a nationwide student walkout over ICE actions in Minneapolis and other cities across the country. (Maya Omar)
Central Gwinnett High School students are “doing it scared:” Inside the student-led ICE walkout