Christopher Quinn

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — A new $40 million Atlanta park was designed from the get-go to teach a lesson in race relations. It has, but not, so far, in quite the way its champions envisioned. The 16 acres under construction in Vine City, one of Atlanta's most iconic African American neighborhoods, are to be girdled by 18 sculptures memorializing civil rights heroes and other luminaries and named after a white man. That naming sparked a debate that pulled back the curtain on race relations in "The City Too Busy to Hate."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia farmers, who supported Donald Trump's campaign strongly, have been squeezed by his politics: government shutdown; Chinese tariffs and unfunded disaster relief after Hurricane Michael. Still, they say, he is their man.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Machines dreamed up in a one-story industrial building on Atlanta's gentrifying Westside will soon begin churning out more than a million T-shirts yearly on American soil. Up to 24 Sewbots, as they are called, will each spit out a shirt untouched by human hands about every 30 seconds in a new factory. Will the rise of AI and robotics drive a resurgent cotton industry in the South?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Olen Hancock, whose life had already disappeared, killed himself outside the entrance of a Veterans Affairs hospital in Decatur earlier this month. He was 68. A day earlier, Steven Pressley, after years of chronic pain, shot himself in the parking lot of a VA hospital in Dublin.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Nadiyah Muhammad graduated about two weeks ago from a 10-month program aimed at buffing her reading and math skills and giving her hands-on training in the construction trades - painting, carpentry, plumbing and, her favorite, wiring. The experience has been life changing, she said. She wants to be an electrician. But the agency helping her has a long history of failing clients like Muhammad.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — The American workforce is graying. Baby boomers are staying on their jobs longer and finding new work after retirement in record numbers. The surge in older workers can be attributed to multiple factors, such as the disappearance of company pensions, the increasing age to collect full Social Security and growing lifespans.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Shelf stockers, cashiers and other frontline workers at Kroger will see an end to fatter paychecks Saturday, as the food retailer cancels hazard pay premiums. But many employers are still weighing whether to roll back or implement special pay for frontline workers who continue to risk exposure to the coronavirus as more businesses reopen and services resume amid the pandemic.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Paper goods giant Georgia-Pacific is cranking out 1.5 million more rolls of toilet paper a day than two months ago, but George Bugg still can't find it on the shelves of the Decatur stores where he shops. Bugg wants to know: What gives?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — COVID-19 has delayed one of the most hated days of the year - April 15, when Americans must file income tax returns or request extensions. Because of the coronavirus' impact, Congress extended the deadline to July 15, providing more time for filers.