8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1742+ words) On March 12, 2020, then-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms planned to announce the city was getting safer. Her State of the City address that day would tout decreasing crime numbers, pay raises for first responders and a growing public safety budget. But…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (736+ words) When Atlanta Pride invited Shea Couleé, a “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 5 winner, to headline its 2026 festival this weekend, it was a no-brainer to say yes. “I love Atlanta,” they told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Zoom from their home…...

1+ day, 55+ min ago   (753+ words) From visual arts to music to theater, the Atlanta metro area has an active arts scene offering something for nearly everyone. This upcoming week, “The Ghastly Dreadfuls” use their talents to tell gothic tales at the Center for Puppetry Arts....

11+ mon, 2+ day ago   (612+ words) Several local elections in metro Atlanta appear to be headed for runoffs, including some of the contests for the city council and school board in Georgia’s capital city. The mayoral contests in South Fulton, Sandy Springs and Roswell are among…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (867+ words) For one hour Tuesday, Georgia voters got something they likely won’t see again before Election Day: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson standing side-by-side on a debate stage tackling the biggest divides of the campaign for governor. And…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1488+ words) Atlanta’s Pride celebration returns to Piedmont Park this weekend with a packed schedule. While most of the rest of the country celebrates Pride Month in June, in 2010, Atlanta started hosting its major celebration in October, which aligns with National Coming…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (668+ words) Rick Jackson, Georgia’s Republican nominee for governor, has developed a pattern of declining debates once the field narrows. Jackson debated in the spring during the primary election cycle. He and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones appeared with the other Republican candidates…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (966+ words) They helped reelect Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. Now they could send Democrat Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate and put another Republican in Georgia’s top job. Call them the deciders: Georgia voters willing to cross…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1513+ words) Atlanta artist Robell Awake never imagined his work might be in featured in his hometown art museum one day. But now his piece of handicraft, “Chair for Every Person,” sits in the Decorative Arts gallery at the High Museum of…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (592+ words) Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Gregg v. Georgia, making Georgia’s rewritten statute the constitutional framework for the modern American death penalty. Gregg was the middle act in a trilogy of Georgia cases that shaped that system. Four years earlier,…...