Atlanta
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2 Chainz Just Gave Me a Few More Reasons to Love Him
I have a confession: I secretly love 2 Chainz. OK, maybe it’s not so secretly, because my friends know that anytime he appears on a song, I am going to turn the volume up as loud as it can go on his parts, and I’m going to rap along at the top of my lungs.…
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‘That White Boy ’Bout to Lose’: The Inescapable Racial Politics of the Ga. 6th Special Election
I was on my way to the Jon Ossoff watch party at a fancy Westin in North Atlanta when I got a call from a good colleague of mine. Somewhere between a black millennial and Gen Xer, he was someone who’d worked on campaigns in Georgia and had a pretty good feel for what was…
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Donald Glover Confirms That He Is Retiring ‘Childish Gambino’
“Childish Gambino,” the moniker that all-around entertainer Donald Glover goes by as a recording artist, shall soon be no more. The rapper-singer-actor-producer-generally multitalented jack-of-all-trades announced over the weekend at the Governor’s Ball Music Festival in New York City that his next album will be his last. “I’ll see you for the last Gambino album,” Glover…
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Sheriff Suspends Himself for 1 Week After Being Arrested for Allegedly Exposing Himself in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park
I’m no expert in the penal system, particularly as it applies to law enforcement, but something tells me that if you’re arrested for an alleged crime, maybe you shouldn’t be the one handing out your own punishment. Nonetheless, that’s exactly what DeKalb County, Ga., Sheriff Jeff Mann did after allegedly being caught exposing himself in…
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Trump Speaks to NRA and Receives the Shadiest of Welcomes From Atlanta City Council President
President Vladimir TrumPutin is speaking at the RWMWG Racist White Men With Guns National Rifle Association Leadership Forum in Atlanta, making him the first president in 34 years to speak to the gathering of raucous white men. This isn’t the first time that Trump has spoken to the NRA, which endorsed him in May of…
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Ron Clark Academy Welcomes Its 5th-Grade Class in the Most Turnt Up Way
If you don’t know about the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, you should know that not only does the school look like something out of a Harry Potter movie, but its principal and founder, Ron Clark, has some slick dance moves. Last week the academy welcomed its newest fifth-graders in the most lit way. Not…
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Atlanta, Beyoncé’s Lemonade Named Peabody Award Winners
The Peabody Award entertainment winners were announced Thursday, and Donald Glover’s FX series, Atlanta, and Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade were among the seven winners. “The audacity of its reach and fierceness of its vision challenges our cultural imagination, while crafting a stunning and sublime masterpiece about the lives of women of color and the bonds…
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Why the Hell Are Atlanta’s Freeways Exploding?
If you are ever in need of a good, cathartic cry, there are three things that always work: Watching the last scene of Imitation of Life Staring at the close-up of Donald Trump’s hair Driving in Atlanta during rush hour When Inrix listed the cities around the globe with the worst traffic congestion, the traffic-data…
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Shaquille O’Neal Will Pay for Funeral of Teen Who Accidentally Shot Himself on Instagram Live
Former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal will cover the funeral expenses for Malachi Hemphill, the 13-year-old Georgia teen who accidentally shot himself on Instagram Live. NBC 11 reports that O’Neal first called and then came by the home of Malachi’s family in Atlanta a day after the teen died from an accidental gunshot wound. “We just…