In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat. Up until 2007, Atlanta’s ...

Two men who had been incarcerated in Fulton County Jail for over a year died in custody last week for unrelated reasons. Devin Franklin, movement policy coordinator for the Southern Center for Human ...

Iman Phelmon El-Amin (center) accepts an honorary posthumous bachelor's degree from Morehouse College on behalf of his late relative, Dennis T. Hubert, during Morehouse College's commencement ceremony ...

As infectious diseases like measles, salmonella, and hepatitis quietly spread across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone largely silent. Of particular concern for Atlanta ...

A 6-year-old Black girl was called a monkey, the N-word, and physically assaulted by her classmates at Ashford Park Elementary School in DeKalb County, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit ...

As Atlanta Public Schools are set to close for summer break next week, one of the main questions on Kimberly Duke’s mind is how she will feed her children. The mother of 10, and executive director of ...

Atlanta voters concerned about rising electric bills began casting ballots on Tuesday in a special election for the Georgia Public Service Commission, the administrative entity that regulates the ...

One of three remaining YSL trial defendants was sentenced to five years in prison by a Fulton County Superior Court judge Wednesday afternoon. Damekion Garlington was originally facing life in prison ...

The news of Larry Hoover’s pardon by President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast a shadow over Atlanta’s own history with the Gangster Disciples. For the past few years, Atlanta’s top elected officials ...

As summer returns and customers crank up their air conditioners to cope with the punishing heat, a little-known elected body that regulates energy prices in the state of Georgia is gearing up for a ...

Target has acknowledged that an ongoing boycott prompted by the retailer's retreat from its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts has affected its earnings. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty ...

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