The Atlanta Press Club recently announced that Marshall Latimore, former Editor-In-Chief of The Atlanta Voice, will be inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame on November 11. Latimore died earlier this year on March 10 at the age of 36. He came to The Atlanta Voice in 2017 after serving as the Editor-In-Chief of Nashville’s […]
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FDA vaccine advisers recommend emergency use authorization for booster dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Thursday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed use of a booster dose would be safe and effective in some people six months out from their primary series. […]
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Leaders and Organizations Come Together to Discuss Electrifying School Buses
Among other pressing topics within school systems, decreasing diesel fuel usage is now on the list. The American Lung Association (ALA) and Mothers & Others For Clean Air met to discuss health and education and how moving from diesel fuel to electric school buses will improve that for students. The panelists of this meeting included […]
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Clark Atlanta University Among Three Institutions Awarded $1.5 M for Cyber Security Program
Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Augusta University, and Mississippi State University consortium has been awarded $1.5 million from the Griffiss Institute, a nonprofit talent and technology accelerator for the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense. The award will fund the establishment of a virtual institute in the southeastern United States with the VICEROY program (Virtual […]
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Atlanta Public Schools hosts Mayoral Candidate Forum
Getting a chance to ask mayoral candidates questions doesn’t come often but for six Atlanta Public School (APS) students, their opportunity came Monday. With this being the only forum dedicated to education and only three mayoral candidates were in attendance. Antonio Brown, Andre Dickens and Sharon Gay sat before students and families to talk […]
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Hawks’ expectations soaring after Young-led playoff run
The expectations have certainly changed in Atlanta. Long an NBA backwater, the city has embraced a Hawks team with championship aspirations after a stunning run to the Eastern Conference final last season. “We obviously want to be very competitive and build off last year,” said general manager Travis Schlenk, who has skillfully rebuilt the roster […]
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Senate hopeful Herschel Walker cancels event over swastika
Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has called off a fundraiser in Texas because an organizer was displaying a swastika made of syringes in her social media profile to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. The Walker campaign said Wednesday that it had canceled the event, which had been scheduled for Saturday in suburban Dallas at […]
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Judge dismisses Fulton County ballot review case in Georgia
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging fraud in Georgia’s most populous county during the 2020 election. The suit sought a review of some 147,000 absentee ballots to see if any were illegitimate. The lawsuit was originally filed in December and alleged evidence of fraudulent ballots and improper ballot counting in Fulton County. It […]
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M-V-Free! Freeman HR sends Braves to NLCS, 5-4 over Brewers
Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves will get another chance to finish the job they came agonizingly close to achieving a year ago. It doesn’t matter at all that they had fewer wins than any other playoff team. Freeman hit an improbable, tiebreaking homer off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth […]
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Analysis: The bitter irony behind Jon Gruden’s resignation
Jon Gruden’s resignation as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders is a prime example of what marketing strategists call “going off brand.” Gruden resigned earlier this week after reports surfaced that he used racist, homophobic and misogynistic language in emails sent years ago while he worked as an ESPN analyst. He reportedly belittled the […]
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Fallout continues from Gruden resignation over emails
The NFL is not planning to make public any of the hundreds of thousands of emails it obtained as part of an investigation of the Washington Football Team, some of which led to the resignation of Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden. “Based on the material that we have reviewed, we haven’t identified anything that […]
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‘Cannot wait for Washington:’ How voting rights activists are navigating new restrictions ahead of November elections
When activist Tammye Pettyjohn Jones knocks on voters’ doors in her rural corner of Georgia this month, she’ll have a new tool in hand: a portable printer. A sweeping voting law Georgia enacted this year now requires voters who do not have a driver’s license or state ID to provide a copy of another form […]
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1,000 summoned as possible jurors in Arbery slaying trial
Court officials preparing for the trial of three men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery mailed jury duty notices to 1,000 people, a huge number that illustrates the challenge the judge and attorneys face in finding impartial jurors for a case that sparked a national outcry. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in […]
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4th Annual Atlanta Fashion & Polo Classic sets new stand for luxury events in Atlanta, raises funds to equestrian sports
The 2021 Atlanta Fashion & Polo Classic commenced with its fourth annual celebration on Sunday, October 10, at Bouckaert Farm in Fairburn, GA. Presented by the Miguel Wilson Collection and sponsored by Bentley Atlanta, this year’s event included a “Black Tie Experience,” “Polo & Pumps Day Party,” and “Cocktails and Cigars Under The Stars” events […]
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Meet Atlanta’s 2021 Mayoral candidates
We have contacted each candidate for Mayor a series of questions in order to get to know them. We have sent each candidate a simple questionnaire which asks why they’re running for Mayor, an explanation of their platforms and more. Each candidate is listed in alphabetical order. Here are their responses, in their entirety, […]