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“We got to get back to the basics.”
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Community Notebook: When the paper still landed on the porch
December 31, 2025
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In this reflection, Brent Brewer writes about an old op-ed that highlights the way print design once elevated community reporting into a shared civic conversation.
For the Record: “We don’t have to like each other”
December 19, 2025
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December 12, 2025
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Community Notebook: What does it mean to “get to where we want to be?”
December 08, 2025
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Community Notebook: “I wanted to create a space that feels like your living room”
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Community Notebook: “I wanted to create a space that feels like your living room”
December 08, 2025
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Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.
“We got to get back to the basics.”
November 07, 2025
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Community Notebook: Hapeville cafe serves morning coffee and evening cocktails
October 20, 2025
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A path lined with trees that are changing color and falling.
The roots are still strong
May 14, 2025
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Kenneth Zakee seen through the reflection in a mirror hanging on a wall.
“Art saved my life”
May 09, 2025
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“We didn’t know Black people lived like that”
September 05, 2025
Collier Heights

Donata Russell Ross shares what it was like growing up in Collier Heights while attending a predominantly white school across town.

To Collier Heights, with love
August 19, 2025
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Collier Heights is not for sale
July 26, 2025
Collier Heights
A black man sits in from of a microphone.
“Ahead of its time”
July 18, 2025
Collier Heights
“It feels like home, but a little different”
July 09, 2025
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“Eat the bitterness and be creative”
March 05, 2025
285 South

As Trump’s tariffs go into effect, immigrant entrepreneurs and other small business owners figure out ways to navigate “America First” policies
“Deny, defend, depose”
February 27, 2025
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Meet this Senior Financial Analyst from East Atlanta
February 20, 2025
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“I have to penny-pinch on what I eat”: Three college students struggle with affordability
January 31, 2025
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What Atlanta’s zoning rewrite will (and won’t) do
January 30, 2025
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Community Notebook: A Norcross community meeting spot with flavor and fun
July 30, 2025
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Our weekly feature, Community Notebook, is filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work.
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Closing Note: The Norcross Issue
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Incorporated as a town in 1882, the city was named after a railroad official. It has become known as the most diverse square mile in the United States, gaining the moniker of the “Ellis Island of the South.” It is home to thousands of refugees who speak more than 60 languages. Two recent annexations nearly doubled the city’s population.

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