Georgia

Filmmaker Crystal Kwok speaks to a customer at shop featured in the film,"Blurring the Color Line."
Race
‘I want people to have uncomfortable conversations’: A new documentary explores Chinese and Black relations in the Jim Crow South
Farm workers wearing hats break up earth
Human rights
Farmworkers who face extreme heat fear retaliation or deportation if they complain, says nurse
Tourists at the mingling with Stone Mountain and colorful trees in the background
History
Stone Mountain — home to the largest Confederate monument in the US — is celebrating its first Juneteenth
A man is shown in blurred focus walking past a digital sign that says, 'open 7' and glass beneth it with the sign for Gold Spa in the reflection.
Conflict & Justice
Atlanta shootings come in wake of rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Leticia Arcila has voted in local and state elections. This is her first presidential election.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Latina calls health insurance ‘life-changing.’ She hopes Biden will help everyone get it.
Stacey Abrams 2020 election
Politics
Georgia’s green voters helped deliver the Senate to the Democrats
Six people wearing medical masks stand and shout slogans.
Top of The World
Mass arrests of opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong; Sudan and US sign historic ‘Abraham Accords’; All eyes on Georgia Senate runoffs
Volunteers assemble signs before a rally for Democratic US Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro in Lilburn, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. 
Every 30 Seconds
Latino communities targeted by disinformation ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs
A supporter holds up a large sign during a rally.
Every 30 Seconds
‘Georgia, all eyes are on you’: Activists galvanize Latino voters ahead of runoffs 
Georgia Democratic candidate for US Senate Jon Ossoff waits for a supporter to arrive during a drive-through yard sign pick-up event on Nov. 18, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia.
Every 30 Seconds
How grassroots groups are getting Latinos to the polls in Georgia
A woman is shown wearing a face mask and sitting at a desk with a box nearby designated for rejected ballots.
2020 US presidential election
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
Chester County, Pennsylvania, election workers organize mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States at West Chester University, Nov. 3, 2020.
2020 US presidential election
International election watchdog: Polarization, loss of public trust threaten US election
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.
Every 30 Seconds
2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
A demonstrator holding a sign reading #GeorgeFloyd and #BLM marches near Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, May 30, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia
Leticia Arcila, a 20-year-old voter in Atlanta, Georgia, said health care is her top priority in a presidential candidate.
Every 30 Seconds
In Georgia, a young Latina reluctantly casts her primary vote for Biden
A group of military men stand in a line with their weapons.
Critical State
Analysis: Who joins rebel armies?
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.
Natural disasters
Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia
a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead
Nuclear
Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial
Downtown Atlanta
Environment
How Atlanta plans to get to 100% green energy by 2035
Syrian refugee, Malik Alarmash, left, speaks with Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry, right, at the Refuge Coffee Shop in Clarkston, Georgia. Stephanie Steinbrecher with the Sierra Club, center, listens.
Climate Change
Legally, ‘climate refugees’ don’t exist. But in Georgia, they say they’re already here.
A woman sits at a desk flipping through books.
A Georgia college with historic ties to the KKK confronts its racist past
Customers are shown lining up at the side of Refuge Coffee Company's truck.
Global Politics
What the world can learn from Georgia: Democracy is a process
Several people including a man wearing a purple suit, look on at the stone monument for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Global Politics
Georgia at a crossroads: ‘A black woman as governor in a southern state? That speaks powers.’
Army residences
US Army moving to address crisis over lead paint in base housing for children
Since the inception of commercial air travel, the insides of airplane cabins have been associated with a higher likelihood of catching a cold or other spreadable disease. New research has sought out to see if scientific facts back up those sentiments.
Health
Study examines how diseases really spread during air travel
illustration of grim reaper with ICE on the cloak
Conflict
Investigation finds ICE detention center cut corners and skirted federal detention rules
Commercial oyster fisherman Charles King prepairs to pull his aging oyster boat from the rich oystering waters of Apalachicola Bay.
Conflict
Supreme Court hears Florida v. Georgia in a fight over water
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.
Conflict
Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS
The crumbled canopy of a gas station damaged by Hurricane Irma is seen in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Environment
Irma weakens but continues to batter Florida
Atlanta (left) and her sister Phoenix lounge with a volunteer outside the cargo hall before leaving Istanbul.
Culture
Turkey has a golden retriever problem. America can help.
Freedom University
Education
How some immigrant student activists are tapping the civil rights playbook
Ramah Darom
Belief
This Conservative Jewish camp took in hundreds of firefighters battling a fire in northern Georgia
Imam Mohammad Islam leads Friday prayers at Al Ma'ad Al Islami mosque outside of Atlanta, Georgia on November 18, 2016.
Religion
A planned Muslim cemetery and mosque outside of Atlanta is still on hold
Najibullah Zahedi (left) is a refugee from Afghanistan who resettled in Georgia with his family. He's a student at the Lantern Project, run by Luke Keller, where he carved the US Congress seal.
Economics
Ban Muslims? These Christians in Georgia say that would be a big mistake.
Comfort Farms
Health
How working the land is helping US war veterans heal
Business, Economics and Jobs
The corruption of American college sports
Canadian families seeking sperm donors tend to use US samples due to Canadian regulations on sperm donation.
Health
A US sperm bank is getting sued for presenting a mentally ill felon as a healthy donor
Harris Neck Wildlife
Justice
What if the occupiers of Malheur Wildlife Refuge had been black, rather than white?
Dan Sung Sa restaurant in Duluth, GA
Culture
You don’t need a big town to find a Koreatown
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Education
Bilingual education in the South: When teachers and students connect across cultures
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Education
Bilingual education in the South: It is happening, even here
Kate Pierson
Music
Kate Pierson, 40-year member of The B-52s, steps out on her own
The sign outside the headquarters of the US Army's new Cyber School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The school is part of the Army's creation of a new cyberwarfare branch.
Conflict
The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
Hussein Mohamed, originally from Ethiopia, runs a radio show for African immigrants in his hometown of Atlanta.
Health
An Atlanta radio host wants people to stop stigmatizing Africans over Ebola
Kent Brantly, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, smiles during a press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Brantly along with a second American aid worker who contracted Ebola while treating victims of the deadly virus in Libe
Medicine
Two infected Americans are now Ebola-free, but doctors aren’t sure why
Environment
Midwest and Tennessee Brace for Heavy Snow
Marjorie Agosin
Lifestyle & Belief
First Days: This Chilean poet recalls hiding in a closet to avoid going to school in Athens, Georgia
Conflict & Justice
Want to find some rising stars of immigrant communities? Head to Georgia and ask a woman
Coach Matt Cheaves stands with members of the Dalton High School soccer team in Dalton, Ga.
Global Politics
New American south: Latinos make mark in an Appalachian city
Coach Matt Cheaves stands with members of the Dalton High School soccer team in Dalton, Ga.
Arts, Culture & Media
The New American South: Latinos Make Their Mark in an Appalachian City
Global Politics
Georgia law hopes to keep pharmacies creating lethal injection drugs
Environment
Right whale born in cold North Atlantic waters beats odds, survives winter
Global Politics
While 11 million people may live in U.S. illegally — the impact extends to millions more
Global Politics
Along Texas border, residents aren’t eager for more intense security
Global Politics
Students barred from Georgia universities given opportunity at Freedom University
Global Politics
Mass. governor allows in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Global Politics
Voting underway across the country as Americans choose between Romney, Obama
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Heavy’ one more in a long list of British bands to take American culture as their own
Global Politics
New South made possible with the help of air conditioning