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Georgia's Largest School District Refuses To Teach African American Studies

Controversy in Gwinnett County, Georgia, over decision not to offer AP African American Studies course raises questions about inclusivity and academic freedom.

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Disney Loses First Amendment Claim over Florida's Cancellation of Special Government District that Disney Controlled

From yesterday's decision by Judge Allen Winsor (N.D. Fla.) in Walt Disney Parks & Resorts U.S., Inc. v. DeSantis; I expect Disney will appeal (see also Adam Schulman's and Dilan Esper's analyses of this in April 2022, which proved prescient, and also my April 22 discussion of some alternative arguments):…

Reason

Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects 'coalition districts'

Democrats and civil rights groups in Georgia say Republicans' newly revised political maps still violate the Voting Rights Act. One key issue in this fight: so-called "coalition districts."

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7th charged after Korean woman's body found in trunk, with 1 suspect saying he was a victim too

A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges after a South Korean woman’s body was found decaying in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta's suburbs

The Independent UK

Police: Woman found in car boot died in ‘Soldiers of Christ’ initiation

‘We don’t know how far-reaching this organisation is,’ said a Gwinnett County Police spokeswoman

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New honorary banners line Jimmy Carter Boulevard near Atlanta

ATLANTA — Dozens of local and state leaders gathered Tuesday to unveil about 30 banners thanking former President Jimmy Carter on a busy thoroughfare that bears his name in Gwinnett County.

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Brickbat: Defensive Driving

Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office Master Deputy Walter Pollock has been charged by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI, failure to maintain lane and striking a fixed object. Pollock reportedly struck several mailboxes with his patrol vehicle. He was on duty at the time. The sheriff's office has placed him…

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Confederate descendants refile lawsuit over Georgia monument removal

ATLANTA — The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the organization’s Lawrenceville chapter and two individual members re-filed a lawsuit this month against Gwinnett County over the removal of a Confederate monument from the Lawrenceville square.

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Former Georgia police officer indicted in 16-year-old’s killing

ATLANTA — A former Doraville police officer accused of kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old Gwinnett County student was indicted Wednesday on murder and other charges, court records show.

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Former Georgia police officer now charged with murder in 16-year-old’s death

ATLANTA — Investigators aren’t sure how or why a Gwinnett County teenager was killed. But they feel certain a former police officer is responsible.

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Now in the race, Haley hopes Georgia ties boost her White House bid

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A few moments after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley gave a rousing endorsement of Herschel Walker’s ill-fated U.S. Senate campaign in Gwinnett County, she offered a reminder of her own political ambitions.

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Gun incidents, lockdowns stir anxiety among metro Atlanta students

ATLANTA — Black is the only color Gwinnett County student Taylor Jones wears to school.

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More US counties lack a clear racial majority — and people are getting along pretty well, experts say

Some booming suburbs, many of them in the Sun Belt, are becoming as racially diverse as major coastal cities — and often with less racial conflict.

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Georgia voter sues over false election fraud accusation in ‘2000 Mules’

ATLANTA — An auditor from Gwinnett County who was falsely accused of election fraud in the film “2000 Mules” is suing the movie’s makers, Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote, alleging they lied to advance a phony narrative at his expense.

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Herschel Walker runs with celebrity appeal, but past allegations complicate his campaign

ATLANTA — At a recent campaign rally in Gwinnett County, Herschel Walker walked in like the conquering hero he has been since 1980.

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The border looms large among Georgia voters’ concerns. Here’s why

ATLANTA — At the conclusion of a Herschel Walker campaign event in Gwinnett County last month, Republican voter Claire Harrison used a football term — “flood the zone” — to describe what is taking place at the southern U.S. border, one of the issues that most animates her in the…

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‘We have woken up’: Georgia GOP looks to make inroads with Latino electorate

ATLANTA — For a moment in late September, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker’s attention was on Mojitos — a Cuban restaurant in Gwinnett County packed with dozens of supporters, many Hispanic.

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Georgia county rejects most voter-registration challenges by Trump supporters

More than two-thirds of the 37,000 voter-registration challenges submitted by Donald Trump supporters in Gwinnett County, Georgia, have been rejected or withdrawn, according to county spokeswoman Deborah Tuff.

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The Independent UK

Education takes an unusual back seat in Georgia election

Both Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams are touting education proposals in Georgia's race for governor

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Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna posts bond following DUI arrest

ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested in Gwinnett County on Friday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, Norcross police said.

Sports Illustrated

Braves’ Marcell Ozuna Arrested for DUI Early Friday Morning

The left fielder was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail a little after 4 a.m.

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Snoop Dogg starring in football comedy film ‘The Underdoggs’ shooting in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Snoop Dogg, who shot some scenes last year in Gwinnett County for the upcoming Netflix vampire hunter film “Day Shift,” will be back in metro Atlanta soon for a new comedy, “The Underdoggs.”

Salon

Big Tech fails on Big Lie vigilantism

Trumpworld is using social media to chase down a fictional breed of fraudster known as a “ballot mule”

WEKU

How 2 competitive districts in Georgia became a very red one and a very blue one

Redrawn congressional maps pit two Democratic incumbents against each other in the Atlanta suburbs.

WEKU

Georgia voters showed us these 3 things about the fall election

NPR asked 36 people in Democratic-leaning Gwinnett County and Republican-leaning Forsyth County, Ga., what's on their minds heading into the midterms. Their answers are relevant to the entire country.

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