Max Blau

At the top of Atlanta’s Sunset Avenue, the street once home to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., you’ll fi…

Taylor Wilson’s parents fought for 41 days to get their daughter treatment. They couldn’t stop another overdo…

Anita Beaty's three-decade battle to serve Atlanta's homeless population her way finally draws to an end. Oly…

Heroin's shattering force hit Huntington, WV, in a span of 5 hours 28 overdoses, 2 deaths. Here is the story …

The nation’s sizzurp problem has forced some artists, including OG Maco, to rethink their use of the drug alt…

Metro Atlanta police officers have fatally shot at least 75 people since 2010. In some cases the use of deadl…

Marietta attorney Lance Cooper was looking for answers behind a single crash. What he found led to a recall o…

Five years after the death of Sparklehorse leader Mark Linkous, Max Blau talks with many of the idiosyncratic…

In 1974, one year after the US supreme court ruled in its landmark Roe v Wade decision to legalize abortions,…

Doug Seegers' dreams of the big time had all but faded after four decades of hard luck, homelessness and subs…

The Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking …

Dikembe Mutombo doesn't remember the first time he wagged his finger in a basketball game, but he does rememb…

Virtuoso guitarist Vinnie Vincent brought Kiss back to musical life in the Eighties, then disappeared into a …

This piece is part of Mashable Spotlight, which presents in-depth looks at the people, concepts and issues sh…

The Affordable Care Act was originally written such that every state would have to accept a Medicaid expansio…

Last month, black and white students from a tiny south Georgia county attended prom together for first time. …

In 2011, more than 600,000 patients visited the Grady Health System. Across the Atlanta superstructure's 16 f…