Tag: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A long, strange trip: The oral history of Creative Loafing
Family feuds, hostile takeovers, sewage in the newsroom, sex workers in the lobby, fearless reporting, and a man named Mud—the very weird, very true history of Creative Loafing, the alt weekly the internet still hasn’t killed.
6 questions with Big Chicken author Maryn McKenna
"The big question for chicken—and for any meat that goes antibiotic-free—is a question that faces all of food production: Is better, safer food going to be something that only well-off people can afford? That hangs over all of these transformations of food systems," Maryn McKenna says.
Consumers want antibiotic-free chicken. Can companies and farmers afford it?
Antibiotics don’t just fight infections; they also fatten chickens. In an excerpt from her new book, Big Chicken, Atlanta journalist Maryn McKenna explores how consumer demand is forcing huge companies, such as Perdue and Chick-fil-A, to go antibiotic-free.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: the AJC’s doctor and sex abuse series, Mike Will Made It, and Edgewood’s gentrification
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Future, Perdue’s happier chickens, and an escaped Georgia convict
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Gas station grub, an infamous pedophile, and Latin night at the queer club
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Grady’s mental health crisis, Chick-fil-A’s wildly popular app, and an ex-NFLer turned Carter Center intern
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Tech’s robotic teaching assistant, America’s greatest obituary writer, and how a service dog saved a Cobb family
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: @RapedAtSpelman, gun-grabbing toddlers, and the quixotic quest to build a $100 million soul food museum
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: VICE’s Atlanta guide, Georgia’s youngest openly gay state lawmaker, and John Schuerholz’s legacy
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
