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Native America’s influence on American Democracy: the back story
More than 600 years before the United States existed, America’s original inhabitants were already practicing a form of democracy that Ben Franklin and other founders would later borrow…
What I’ve Learned: Cathy Woolard, Chairperson of the Fulton County Board of registration and elections
Cathy Woolard has served in the Peace Corps and on the Atlanta City Council. She has run for mayor and faced the demons and dragons that come with…
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Tax break paves way for affordable senior residences near MARTA stop
More affordable apartments for seniors are bound for a site just south of the Avondale MARTA station, marking another win for transit-oriented development advocates.
National group calls Georgia’s rental assistance program “one of the worst in the country”
The head of a national nonprofit has decried the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program as “one of the worst in the country”…
Atlanta Habitat preps for largest affordable housing development in 38-year history
After working on model homes and infrastructure upgrades the past two years, the folks at Atlanta Habitat for Humanity are gearing up to start construction on additional homes…
How one Reynoldstown project could spotlight the merits of dense development
The prospect of bulldozing a quaint single-family home to make way for a few dozen affordable apartments might make some Atlantans cringe, but a proposal to do just…
