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The SkyView ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta

The Olympics changed downtown. What will the World Cup leave behind?

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Atlanta activist Daniel Driffin

An Atlanta activist’s grassroots mission to stop the HIV epidemic

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Tom Junod sits in a chair against a white backdrop, wearing a dark turtleneck and jeans

In his memoir, Tom Junod excavates the family secrets that made him who he is today

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Katie Janness has her eyes closed as she lays in bed, hugging her dog, Bowie

In Plain Sight: Inside the unsolved Piedmont Park murder that shook Atlanta

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A portrait photo of Johnson against a blue/grey background

The price of making it: Tom Johnson reflects on power, loss, and what it means to live a meaningful life

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A top-down drone view of the burned down complex

Two years after The Reserve at LaVista Walk apartment complex burned down, residents still seek answers and atonement

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Flight Paths by Steve Waldeck, between Concourses A and B, is one of the only dark places in airport, with the sounds of rain and birds chirping in the background.

The world’s busiest airport is where most people interact with Atlanta. In many ways, it resembles the city itself.

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From left to right: Georgians for the Arts’ Waduda Muhammad; Mack Headrick, managing director of 7 Stages; Angela Harris, executive artistic director at Dance Canvas; Horizon cofounders Jeff and Lisa Adler; Laura Flusche, executive director of Museum of Design Atlanta; Alexander Scollon, managing director for Actor’s Express

Atlanta arts organizations are running on empty

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J.T. Johnson smiles in a yard with manicured greenery and a pool behind him

He was one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most trusted leaders. So why haven’t you ever heard of J.T. Johnson?

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a woman lays in bed with her hand on her head

I’ve had enough. It’s time we talk about perimenopause.

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