As the fight over voting rights intensifies, a longtime aide to late Congressman John Lewis hopes young Americans will use the lessons in the civil rights leader’s posthumous graphic novel to change lawmakers’ minds on the issue. Lewis’ novel, “Run: Book One,” comes amid efforts in state legislatures to enact restrictive voter laws, efforts that […]
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Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo’s Olympic record in women’s 100
Streaking down the track, with only six steps to go until she reached the finish line, Elaine Thompson-Herah stuck out her left arm and started pointing at the clock. She knew she had the win. It was only a matter of what else would come with it. With a time of 10.61 seconds, the latest […]
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Incredible Raven: Saunders lends her voice to the Olympics
The “Incredible Hulk” mask should not fool anybody. Raven Saunders has nothing to hide. The face, and the voice, of the Tokyo Olympics, and all they’re about, could very well be found in a 25-year-old American shot putter who, on Sunday, could be spotted wearing the green and red superhero face covering, sporting the purple […]
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Donald Trump’s political organization builds war chest topping $100 million
Donald Trump‘s political organization entered July with nearly $102 million in cash reserves — an unprecedented war chest at this stage in the election cycle for a former president, according to new figures. Trump’s fundraising haul speaks to his continued ability to raise money from small-dollar donors online, as he trumpets baseless claims that election […]
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Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections
In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction. Simmons, a 44-year-old home health aide who lives with her two children and two grandchildren, was only a month behind on her rent. But that didn’t stop her landlord from […]
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Dekalb County judge extends eviction moratorium in her county
As the national ban on evictions was ending, an Atlanta area judge enacted her own county-wide moratorium keeping landlords from removing tenants struggling to pay their rent because of the coronavirus pandemic. DeKalb Chief Superior Court Judge Asha Jackson signed a new emergency order creating a ban on evictions throughout the county for another 60 […]
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Op-Ed: Can you do something about stubborn unvaccinated people? Yes, you can.
Covid cases are going up. Mask sales are again on the rise. And yet, vaccine resistance grows. Does this make any sense? The ongoing surge in all 50 states, plus DC and Puerto Rico — one that’s putting cases in some regions at the same levels they were one year ago, at the height of […]
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Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor
TOKYO (AP) — The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt. On one of the most unusual nights the sport has ever seen, fans, experts, and even the racers themselves needed a lineup card. The race that has long defined Olympic royalty went […]
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Durant sets record, example for US Olympic men’s hoops team
Kevin Durant had been just ordinary so far in these Olympics. That’s probably not good enough for gold. Not on this U.S. men’s basketball team, an unproven and for now still unspectacular group. Durant is the top scorer to ever wear the red, white and blue, a player who has been unstoppable on the international […]
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Hank Aaron Invitational brings out Ken Griffey Jr., CC Sabathia, Ryan Howard, Curtis Granderson to Truist Park
Saturday, MLB and the MLBPA, and the Atlanta Braves hosted the top 44 elite high school baseball players from the Hank Aaron Invitational for a special showcase game at Truist Park. The players were selected to participate based on their performance the week prior at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla., which […]
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: The movement for justice will not be deterred
The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court just undercut the Voting Rights Act again. Having gutted the section that required pre-approval of state voting laws to protect the rights of minorities to vote in Shelby v. Holder, Republican-appointed justices now have castrated the backup clause — Section 2 — which bans racial discrimination in election […]
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AboutThatCar: 2021 Hyundai Elantra
DETROIT – It was tough to compare the sweeping curved dash of the 2021 Hyundai Elantra and its $26K sticker. It seemed like the front-wheel drive sedan should have cost a lot more. The interior was just that nice. What’s more, it had a joker-like trait. Half of the interior was dark, while the driver’s […]
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John Collins expected to sign a $120 million extension with the Hawks
After the dust settled on the 2021 NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks did not make any trades and kept swingman Cam Reddish. After drafting Duke’s Jalen Johnson with the 20th pick, selecting Auburn point guard (and McEachern alum) Sharife Cooper in the second round, and pulling off a trade that secured Delon Wright, the Hawks […]
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Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Disney+ release
One of Marvel’s biggest stars is suing Disney. Actress Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday that alleges Disney breached her contract by releasing the highly anticipated superhero film “Black Widow” on its streaming service, Disney+. The film was released simultaneously on the service and in theaters, which the suit […]
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Trump to DOJ last December: ‘Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me’
Former President Donald Trump pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to declare that the election was corrupt in an attempt to help Republican members of Congress try to overturn the election result, according to notes of a December 2020 call Trump held with Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue. During the December 27, […]