4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (488+ words) We're never going to have a story that says Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize or Rosa Parks sat on the back of the bus," Suggs said. We're going to have stories about the talented tenth, about…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (505+ words) Presented by Villa Albertine, the fifth edition of Night of Ideas comes back to Atlanta April 29." Night of Ideas is a free evening of discussion and debate, bringing together different voices from the civic, cultural, and policy spheres, according to…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (321+ words) Atlanta Way 2. 0 convened a dynamic group of regional leaders, civic connectors, and community builders to explore a simple but powerful question: what does it truly take to create a welcoming city for all?" The group gathered at Conscious Wealth in…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1093+ words) In the aftermath of the fatal shooting that took the life of a young teen after a 404 Day celebration earlier this month, legislation aimed at increasing scrutiny of events hosted at Piedmont Park is raising discrimination concerns. Atlanta City Councilmember…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (337+ words) More than 6 million people call the Atlanta metro area home, and while it might feel like there can't possibly be space for more, the city is still growing. Population growth across the country is slowing down, but Atlanta remains one…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (213+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Atlanta city officials reached their goal of constructing 500 rapid housing units to help the homeless population last week. Dubbed the Rapid Housing Initiative by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, the milestone was achieved with the grand…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1280+ words) The last three cities I have lived in share three things in common: growth, great weather and good old Southern hospitality....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (368+ words) By Libby Saylor Wright, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta In recent weeks, Atlanta has found itself at the center of a growing conversation around "teen takeovers," large gatherings of young people that have raised concerns for public…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (526+ words) Hospitals and schools are looking for new ways to boost childhood literacy as studies show more than half of adults read at roughly a sixth'grade level. In Atlanta, one father created his own solution: the Library Dads. Corey Arnold began…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (22+ words) A North Georgia museum is helping tangibly tell the area's history through the eyes'of people who served'the region and the country....