Atlanta

Atlanta (left) and her sister Phoenix lounge with a volunteer outside the cargo hall before leaving Istanbul.

Turkey has a golden retriever problem. America can help.

Culture

Dog rescue volunteers are celebrating their 1,000th Turkish golden retriever airlifted to the US.

Emory

Weighing the risks of a ‘sanctuary’ campus

Education
The World

North Korea’s National Orchestra Planning to Come to the US

Global Politics

Southern Cities Become Less Segregated

Top of the Hour: More Arrests at Occupy Atlanta, Morning Headlines

The World

Report Shows Atlanta Teachers Cheated to Improve Test Scores

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has just released a report that named principals and teachers in Atlanta’s public schools who had been modifying tests and tampering with answers to improve results. Kim Severson of The New York Times, brings us the latest.

Census Reveals Great Reversal of ‘Great Migration’

The latest Census confirms that once-segregated Southern cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Miami are luring African Americans from northern metro areas like New York and Chicago. Today,  57 percent of the nation’s black population now lives in the South, which is the highest it’s been since 1960.  Why are we witnessing a Great Reversal of the […]

Political Season

Peter Dykstra of Atlanta’s CNN (Cable News Network) Environmental Unit shares his insights with Steve Curwood about what the presidential nominees are up to this fall election season. And what they’re leaving out.

The World

An Olympic Hurdle: Chattahoochee River Pollution

The Chattahoochee River runs through Atlanta, home of the forthcoming 1996 summer Olympic games. But the river that will be on display is subject to pollution from rapid development, and a deadline is fast approaching to reduce dumping; which could mean an end to the city’s swift growth. Gwendolyn Glenn reports on the rise of […]

The World

Listener gives his cold weather report

Environment

We get a weather report from Norwood, who listens to us on WCLK in Atlanta. We also get a gist of the temperatures in some of the other cold spots around the country.