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Q&A: Verbal harassment against Asian Americans and people of color is harmful, but not currently criminal

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and a year after the fatal spa shootings in Atlanta that targeted and killed people of Asian descent, reports of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander violence and bigotry have increased. Stop AAPI Hate, an organization tracking and reporting on these acts of racism that…

Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022

Hawks, Heat mentioned as suitors for Jaylen Brown?

Losing can spark wandering eyes. If Philadelphia had not been able to unload Ben Simmons, Brown would have been near the top of the Sixers' wish list. Atlanta and Miami were often mentioned by league figures as hopeful Brown suitors, too. Source: ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 29, 2022

No noncitizen voters found in Georgia election review

ATLANTA — Citizenship checks prevented any noncitizens from voting in recent elections in Georgia, though 1,634 people with unverified U.S. citizenship tried to register to vote, according to a review released Monday by state elections officials.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

Marcus Mariota will wear the No. 1 for the Falcons

Marcus Mariota said he won't be asking Kyle Pitts to switch jersey numbers, and said he intends to instead wear the No. 1 in Atlanta.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 25, 2022

Georgia House passes bill to change the way books are banned in schools

ATLANTA — Legislation that would require principals rather than librarians to decide which books should be banned from schools passed the Georgia House on Friday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

'Atlanta’ hinted at the haunted history of Lake Lanier. But what’s the real story?

The season 3 premiere began and climaxed at an unnamed version of the storied, memeified Georgia lake. The real history is just as dark.

Mic · Mar 25, 2022

Asian American mothers confront multiple crises of pandemic, anti-Asian hate and caregiving

In memory of the Atlanta massage spas shootings on March 16, 2021, that killed eight people, including six Asian women, communities around the country gathered a year later to mourn and demand responses to violence against Asian Americans, especially women who work in service industries.

The Conversation · Mar 25, 2022

Georgia election bill rooted in Trump supporters’ complaints about 2020

ATLANTA — Few people mention Donald Trump in hearings on Georgia’s latest elections bill, but complaints about his loss in the 2020 election are motivating Republican efforts to again rewrite the rules.

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

Falcons’ Marcus Mariota ready for reunion with Arthur Smith

ATLANTA — The last time Marcus Mariota played for Arthur Smith, he was benched.

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022

Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection

ATLANTA — A group of Georgia voters has filed a challenge to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reelection bid, saying her actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack should disqualify her from holding office.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022