Kristie Bolemen, current Student Government Association President at Atlanta Technical College (ATC), has been selected to lead the Georgia Student Government Association (GSGA). Bolemen will now head the organization designed to promote student involvement in technical colleges across Georgia by providing strategic assistance to member schools. GSGA represents local student government associations and local student […]
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Ohio State’s Urban Meyer makes stop to Clark Atlanta for one-day football camp
It’s summertime in Atlanta and most students are taking time off, vacationing or working summer jobs. However, local area athletes took part in the Clark Atlanta University Panthers One-Day Football Camp. This wasn’t a regular football camp though. Three-time national championship coach Urban Meyer was in attendance. He stopped to tell The Atlanta Voice why […]
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Pair of veterans ice game for the Atlanta Dream, defeat Indiana 72-67 on Kid’s Day
When all else fails for the Atlanta Dream (6-4 overall) there’s always a pair of veterans on the roster to bring it all back together. Angel McCoughtry and Layshia Clarendon took what was a two-point deficit at the end of the third quarter and helped turn that into a 72-67 win against the visiting Indiana […]
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OPINION: Here’s why the Hawks should jump into the Kawhi Leonard Sweepstakes
A number of news sources are reporting that Spurs two-time All-Star and former Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, 26, wants out of San Antonio and the Greg Popovich doghouse. Leonard has the Lakers at the top of the list of teams he wants to be traded to. Leonard is a Los Angeles native, but there’s an […]
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Trump declares via Twitter the North Korea nuclear threat is over
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that there was “no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” a dubious claim following his summit with leader Kim Jong Un that produced no guarantees on how and when Pyongyang would disarm. “Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer […]
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Congressional Democrats could lose their status as DNC superdelegates
Democratic members of Congress are starting to accept that they may lose parts, if not all, of their status as superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention in 2020 when the party votes for its nominee for president. Reps. David Price, Gregory Meeks, Rosa DeLauro and Grace Meng — a Democratic National Committee vice chair — […]
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I need a student loan. What are my options?
My daughter received a scholarship, but we still owe the college $15,000 this year. That’s more than we can afford to pay. Where do we go for a student loan?—Anonymous Sometimes, taking out a student loan is unavoidable. About 30% of undergrads took out a federal loan during the 2016-17 school year, according to The College […]
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A white woman sees a Black man inspecting a house and calls the cops. But there’s a twist to this incident.
You’ve seen this movie (or, um, video) before. Someone calls the police on a Black person for doing … something. Waiting in Starbucks. Checking out of an Airbnb. Napping at Yale. The police show up — and arrests, or angry conversations, or cries of racism follow. That seemed to be the trajectory of an incident in Memphis earlier […]
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Washington: And your point would be?
Have you ever wondered how the lawyer feels, who knows his or her client is guilty? But that lawyer is able to get the person off based on a legal technicality. Legally, the person is innocent, but morally they are as guilty as, dare I say, sin. I’ve come to believe that this must have […]
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Up close with Becky A. Davis
“Naked and Unashamed” is here to encourage others to be vulnerable, shift their perspective and increase their faith through real stories of hope, faith, struggles and triumphs of extra-ordinary people in the community. Becky A. Davis is the CEO and Chief Bosspreneur of MVPwork LLC., a company that is dedicated to the advancement of women-owned […]
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Black voters must hold all politicians accountable
It’s that time again. It occurs every year around the same time like clockwork. It’s election season. Political signs infiltrate Black neighborhoods, placed by campaign operatives hoping you remember their respective political candidate come election time. More importantly, these political operatives are hoping your familiarity with their respective candidate will drive you to the polls […]
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Conflicted holiday: My awkward history with Juneteenth
Juneteenth, June 19th, has come to be recognized and celebrated in many states (not all) as the Independence Day for enslaved African Americans as a result of the defeat of the Old South in the Civil War. On June 19, 1865 Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island (Texas) with 2000 federal troops […]
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Big Loop Community: Up With ATL Extra
One of the first things I have learned about Atlanta, in my short time here, is that this is a transplant city with an old soul. Most of the entrepreneurs I’ve met while writing about business have been from far flung parts of the world and now their hearts are in the city. Lloyd George, […]
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Atlanta among shortlist of US cities likely to host games during 2026 World Cup
Early Wednesday morning, FIFA voted to award the 2026 World Cup bid to United 2026, a combined bid from the United States, Canada, and Mexico over Morocco, who was looking to host the tournament alone. Amongst the many stateside cities in play for America’s part in the world’s largest soccer tournament will be Atlanta, home […]
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GOP congressional candidate: “Diversity is ‘a bunch of crap and un-American”
A Republican running for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District thinks diversity is “a bunch of crap and un-American,” according to comments he made in a video posted to YouTube by a progressive super PAC. “In my view, the best way to bring diversity to the Republican Party is for Republicans to openly say that the whole idea […]