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Heather Elaine Buckner Patel

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As developers reimagine the city's core, what's coming, who's paying for it, and how will it change Atlanta?

Photo: Ixefra/Getty Images

Block by Block: stories from the
streets that connect us

Coediting: Sam Worley | Photo: Growl

Hundreds of aging Georgia dams sit upstream of homes and major roads—and are in urgent need of upgrade and repair

Story: Jessie Blaeser | Photo: Getty

“Poetry now is as necessary as ever”:
Ilya Kaminsky on dissent, war, and resistance

Story: Anjali Enjeti | Illustration: Ben Giles

Stone Summit’s Adaptive Climbing Clinic breaks down barriers to welcome rock climbers of all abilities

Story: Anna Kottakis | Photo: Johnathon Kelso

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Part of Georgia’s inaugural group of licensed hemp growers, Sedrick Rowe hopes to inspire a new generation of young Black farmers

Story: Ariel Felton | Photo: Growl

Women are changing the face of hip-hop—and Atlanta is ground zero

Coediting: Kelundra Smith | Photo: Alex Martinez

The rebirth of Bankhead Seafood

Story: Christina Lee | Photo: Growl

Three women are laying the foundation for a pro-Black city in central Georgia

Story: Ariel Felton | Photo: Matt Odom

Entrepreneurship is changing.
So are Atlanta’s entrepreneurs.

Photo: Brinson + Banks

After miscarrying in a Georgia detention center, Pamela Winn became a powerful voice for women in prison—and for those trying to leave it behind

Story: Ariel Felton | Photo: Joseph East, Brave Voices Media

How Gnarls Barkley went “Crazy”:
Fifteen years ago, the duo’s debut previewed the future of Atlanta hip-hop

Story: Christina Lee | Photo: Everynight Images

The Science of Your Favorite Song: YouTuber Rick Beato brings music theory to the masses

Story: Lia Picard | Photo: Audra Melton

Wrestling announcer Tony Schiavone reflects on being the voice of your childhood

Story: Dan Greene | Photo: Ben Rollins

Remembering Big Lou the emu, Lake Claire’s most famous resident

Story: Austin L. Ray | Photo: Jason Travis

The Atlanta Symphony’s new music director will navigate postlockdown programming and forge new connections—from Switzerland

Story: Jon Ross | Photo: Raftermen Photography

Georgia was slow to spend rent assistance money. The federal government might want some of it back.

Story: Sean Keenan | Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Meet Atlanta’s new wave of entrepreneurs

Photo: Brinson + Banks

Welcome to EarthGang’s Atlanta: The eclectic rap duo exports the city to the world, song by song

Story: Jewel Wicker | Photo: Grizz

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Dr. Regina N. Bradley, Christina Lee, and Brian ‘B High’ Hightower on how hip-hop is evolving

Story: Floyd Hall | Photo: Alex Martinez

Castle in the Country: What has changed since a pair of "gay devil worshippers" built a life together in the North Georgia woods?

Story: B.T. Harman

Gen Z voters step up to the ballot box

Story: Ashleigh Ewald, Rachel Garbus | Photo: Eley Photo

A love letter to Arabia Mountain

Story: Shaun Raviv | Photo: Eric Bowles

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