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6 Cities Where Gentrification Has Pushed Out Entire Senior Communities

Across the United States, the ripple effects of gentrification have been impossible to ignore. As cities evolve, long-time residents, especially low-income seniors, are increasingly forced out of the communities they’ve called home for decades. Rising rents, luxury developments, and soaring property taxes are just a few of the forces driving…

Clever Dude · Jul 7, 2025

From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes

Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 million.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2025

MLB All-Star Game Snubs: Six Players With Arguments to Play in Atlanta

These notable omissions will have to hope they’re named as replacement players if they want to play in next week’s Midsummer Classic.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 6, 2025

Top Atlanta cop consulted for tech firm providing surveillance software to city

Marshall Freeman promoted software and owned stake in company while working for police, violating disclosure laws, says ethics office

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2025

Violet Chachki: 'Dressing in drag was escapism, therapy... and channelling all of my anger and frustration'

The Met Gala and Grammys heroine on drag, culture wars and Pride

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

Winners and losers from an unbelievable NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

Inclement weather, red flags, track-clearing pileups and a last-lap pass by the hometown hero -- EchoPark Speedway put on a show for the ages on Saturday night. Some are calling it the best race of the year with non-stop action throughout the pack, even after half the field was collected…

Motorsport · Jun 29, 2025

Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Inter Miami: Club World Cup, last 16 – as it happened

Lionel Messi was powerless to stop his old club progressing in the Club World Cup as João Neves scored twice for PSG

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2025

NASCAR in-season challenge: How Atlanta broke every bracket

Leaving Atlanta, 16 drivers have been eliminated and matchups are set for the second of five rounds at the Chicago Street Course. However, there are ZERO perfect bracket left anywhere after what transpired at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) on Saturday night.

Motorsport · Jun 29, 2025

Chase Elliott wins at home in action-packed NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta

Chase Elliott has snapped a 44-race winless streak, surviving a chaotic NASCAR Cup race and completing a dramatic last-lap pass to win at his home track in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Motorsport · Jun 29, 2025

NASCAR halts Atlanta Cup race after huge crash collects half the field

Early in the second stage at Atlanta, complete chaos broke out on Lap 69. John-Hunter Nemechek was running inside the top ten when the race got back underway, but down the back stretch, a bump from Denny Hamlin sent him into the outside wall.

Motorsport · Jun 29, 2025