Kroger settles federal disability discrimination lawsuit for $75,000

MARTA launches new Breeze fare payment system on March 28

MARTA transitions to its new Breeze payment system starting March 28. Riders can use new tap-to-pay options or upgraded cards during the five-week transition period ending May 2.

🌮 Smothered & covered tacos?

Cancer breakthrough Thursday, Aug. 20 — The national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time, more than doubling in a decade, with interest payments this year totaling nearly $1.2 trillion, the government’s largest expense outside Social Security and Medicare. Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, now executive director at Concord Action, said it “should be a wake-up […]

2028 Democratic National Convention won’t be coming to Atlanta

The Democratic National Committee has narrowed the list of potential 2028 convention host cities to Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia, officially removing Atlanta from consideration.

Lawyer calls for military family protections after Army wife’s near-deportation in Gwinnett

A Colombian-born wife of an active-duty U.S. Army soldier avoided deportation after a required ICE check-in in Georgia on August 19, prompting Democratic congressional candidate Tony Kozycki to call for new federal protections for military families.

🇺🇸 American pieces

The Southern touch Wednesday, Aug. 19 — The South has never needed an invitation to be part of the American fine-art conversation. We’ve shown up, regardless, with something significant to contribute — and always will. Proof of the first claim hangs an hour west of Atlanta, in Carrollton. The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum is hosting “Nineteenth-Century […]