“[We] do not yet know the true nature of the beast that we are encountering,” former (then incoming) Georgia State President Mark Becker notes at the 2009 Investiture Gala, ceremonial mace and medallion adjacent him. […]
As we move towards October, the Mayo Clinic’s estimate of Georgia attaining 20,000 new daily COVID-19 cases throughout September seems needlessly dour. Testing data suggests a seven-day moving average peaking at 7,000 – a more […]
It’s been a year and some since the police murdered George Floyd. The events should be familiar by now. A cashier accused Floyd of paying counterfeit bills at the corner store, Cup Foods – buying […]
For months, the atrocities against Palestinians by the Israeli Police Force (IPF) were front-page news. Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram were inundated with mutual aid requests and infographics pleading for mercy at the […]
In 1945, French theorist André Malraux provided an addendum to the 18th century: if the concept of a god is dead, so is humanity. However, this misses the point. We stopped believing in humanity much […]
I used to do a lot of house sitting outside the perimeter. I hated it. You always encounter the same pallid cabinets, lacquer countertops and vinyl floors colored like the inside of your eyelids. Gleaming […]
Thursday evening, August 26th – the Supreme Court of the United States proclaimed a dictum: that the Biden administration’s stay on evictions is an overreach. The moratorium was to end immediately, before the original October […]
A handmade sign reads “THE 99% IS TOO BIG TO FAIL.” Occupy Georgia State was a potent moment. A messy wave of anti-capitalist slogans and student politics standing outside the Atlanta Federal Reserve. It was […]
It’s been four years since Georgia State’s Carter & Associates led joint venture, Panther Holdings, acquired 68 acres in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood. Hank Aaron Boulevard’s now become an ocean of high-rises and new construction, with […]
As Mark Becker exits with the coming re-entry of students on campus in Atlanta, we’re left to deal with the glaring legacy of development. Everywhere the sunlight catches the sheen of those newly paneled parking […]
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