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Barred From a Confederate Shrine, Protesters Scuffle in Georgia

Barred From a Confederate Shrine, Protesters Scuffle in Georgia

The New York Times — When Mr. Brown began talking a few years ago about opening a restaurant in the mayor's old house, which was also used as a hospital during the Civil War, some of the neighbors raised eyebrows, he said in an interview on Saturday. "We didn't let that stop us," he said.
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National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S.

National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S.

google.com — A month ago, hundreds of teenagers ran for their lives from the hallways and classrooms of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff had been shot to death. On Wednesday, driven by the conviction that they should never have to run from guns again, they walked.
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Outside President Trump's Georgia rally: Thousands of Kemp supporters, a jumbotron, and a bloody ...

Outside President Trump's Georgia rally: Thousands of Kemp supporters, a jumbotron, and a bloody ...

Atlanta Magazine — President Donald Trump's rally in Macon Sunday afternoon hit all the usual notes. At the Middle Georgia Regional Airport hangar, overflowing with thousands of Republicans, there were calls from the crowd to lock Hillary Clinton up in prison, digs at the "fake news media," and disparaging comments about plenty of prominent Democrats.
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The complicated business of running for governor when you're the state's elections chief

The complicated business of running for governor when you're the state's elections chief

Atlanta Magazine — Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for Georgia governor, says he's still been carrying out all his responsibilities as secretary of state from the campaign trail, but a recent complaint filed with the state elections board about elections system security has called into question what roles Kemp is allowed to carry out.
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Pride and gentrification: How Atlanta's LGBTQ community deals with development

Pride and gentrification: How Atlanta's LGBTQ community deals with development

Curbed (Atlanta) — Not all LGBTQ establishments are being embraced amidst the city’s growth. What’s the true cost?
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Two Colleges Bound by History Are Roiled by the #MeToo Moment

Two Colleges Bound by History Are Roiled by the #MeToo Moment

The New York Times — ATLANTA - The fliers appeared suddenly on a crisp morning in early November. They were scattered among golden leaves on the grounds of Spelman and Morehouse, the side-by-side women's and men's colleges that are two of the country's most celebrated historically black schools. "Morehouse Protects Rapists," some of them read.
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Muslim ban backers push 'religious freedom' bill

Muslim ban backers push 'religious freedom' bill

Creative Loafing Atlanta — Two Georgia lawmakers who endorsed Donald Trump's plan to bar Muslims from entering America are now backing the so-called "religious freedom" bill.
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Protesters rally at Atlanta airport against Trump's 'Muslim ban'

Protesters rally at Atlanta airport against Trump's 'Muslim ban'

Creative Loafing Atlanta — On Sunday afternoon, thousands of people crowded the front stoop of the world's busiest airport. Their mission: to protest President Donald Trump's immigration ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. And despite the passionate attitude of the activists, no one was arrested during the four-hour assembly at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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Activists: Change Georgia laws that unfairly punish HIV-positive people

Activists: Change Georgia laws that unfairly punish HIV-positive people

Creative Loafing Atlanta — Georgians living with HIV can be locked away for up to a decade for neglecting to inform sexual partners of their status, even if they've been told by a doctor that their viral loads are too low to transmit the virus.
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Ordinance putting restrictions on recording studios meets pushback from zoning board

Ordinance putting restrictions on recording studios meets pushback from zoning board

Creative Loafing Atlanta — Atlanta's zoning review board said Thursday evening that it will recommend the city's zoning committee shoot down an ordinance proposal that would enact restrictions on recording studios.
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State Sen. Vincent Fort officially jumps into Atlanta mayoral race

State Sen. Vincent Fort officially jumps into Atlanta mayoral race

Creative Loafing Atlanta — State Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, officially tossed his hat in the ring of Atlanta's crowded race to choose its 60th mayor, saying he aims to decriminalize marijuana, ban private parking enforcement, and stop displacing people to make room for luxury developments.
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CL's 2016 Election Night coverage

CL's 2016 Election Night coverage

Creative Loafing Atlanta — Well, this is it. After more than a year of vicious campaigning, exposes, and missteps, we have come to the end of the 2016 presidential campaign. Georgia polls close at 7 p.m. Other states will stop collecting ballots as the night progresses. The votes will be counted and eventually, the next president will be decided.
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Councilmember, advocates: Beltline developments must include affordable housing

Councilmember, advocates: Beltline developments must include affordable housing

Creative Loafing Atlanta — As the Atlanta Beltline snakes its way around the city, the path's development-inspiring abilities are boosting property values. In the process, rents are going up, pricing out low-income people from nearby communities. According to community leaders, local politicians, and residents alike, that trend needs to stop.
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Niqab-wearing Muslim student refuses teacher's request to unveil - The Signal

Niqab-wearing Muslim student refuses teacher's request to unveil - The Signal

georgiastatesignal.com — When Georgia's anti-mask laws were scrawled into state code some 60 years ago, supportive legislators sought to curb anonymous violence by hooded Ku Klux Klansmen. But first-year Georgia State student Nabila Khan never guessed such a law would bring into question her niqab, a veil worn by some Muslim women which covers everything but the ...
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Erosol, aka Department Store, closes amid bankruptcy filing, lawsuit

Erosol, aka Department Store, closes amid bankruptcy filing, lawsuit

Creative Loafing Atlanta — The days of wild parties at Department Store might be over. On July 21, Erosol's more than 20 employees were shocked to learn that the bar and venue had closed. The locks on the doors had been changed, a move that surprised staff, patrons, and apparently even the bar’s owner, Luis Carreras. Erosol LLC is now in bankruptcy court and a legal battle with its landlord. Its bank accounts and material assets have been frozen or seized by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, according to court documents. But Carreras says he has no plans to say farewell to Edgewood Avenue.
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More than 10,000 Atlantans peacefully protested police misconduct, racial injustice

More than 10,000 Atlantans peacefully protested police misconduct, racial injustice

Creative Loafing Atlanta — Atlantans angered by the deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in suburban Minneapolis took to the streets every night over the weekend in protest. On July 8, around 10,000 people marched through Downtown streets for the second night in a row as part of a peaceful protest against police injustice.
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As the Elliott Street Pub goes up for sale, its owners reflect on their long, strange trip

As the Elliott Street Pub goes up for sale, its owners reflect on their long, strange trip

Atlanta Magazine — "The sunsets. That's what I'm going to miss the most," says Mike Jakob, co-owner of Elliott Street Pub & Deli. "The sunsets just bang off the windows of the buildings to the east." "It makes this killer pink hue in the sky," adds his brother and business partner Pete Jakob, peering out at the downtown skyline from a wobbly plastic chair in front of their pocket-sized bar.
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Former Georgia State professor found guilty of sexual misconduct with student, charged with sexua...

Former Georgia State professor found guilty of sexual misconduct with student, charged with sexua...

Creative Loafing Atlanta — A former Georgia State University English professor can never again set foot on campus after a school investigation found on June 9 that the teacher "engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature" with a student.
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