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North Korean Propagandist To Show New Satirical Artworks

Posted 02.10.2012 | Arts

Read More: Song Byeok, Tyranny, Video, North Korean Artist, Pop Art, Kickstarter, Freedom, Political Satire, Atlanta, Kim Jong Il Satire, Kim Jong Il, North Korean Progaganda, North Korea, Arts News

Like many North Koreans, Song Byeok was brainwashed into believing Kim Jong Il loved and cared about his country. At 24, he was hired to be a propagan...

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Ga. County Buys Late Folk Artist's Paradise Garden

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.09.2012 | Arts

Read More: Preacher, Appalachian Regional Commission, World's Folk Art Church, Atlanta, Paradise Garden, Atlanta-Georgia, Folk Art, Howard Finster, Chattooga County, Arts News

ATLANTA -- A northwest Georgia county has bought the garden where the late folk artist Howard Finster held court for tourists and art lovers from arou...

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WATCH: Anti-Gay Hate Crime Victim Fears For Life After Coming Forward

Posted 02.08.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Video, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Brandon White Anti Gay Attack, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Atlanta Anti Gay Attack, Hate Crime, Anti Gay Attack, Atlanta, Brandon White, Gay Voices News

The victim of a brutal anti-gay gang attack caught on tape is now speaking publicly about his experience. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports...

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WATCH: An Inspiring Refugee Farm

Daniel Klein | Posted 02.07.2012 | Food

Read More: Bhutanese, Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein, Mirra Fine, Atlanta, Refugee, Community Garden, Sustainable, Food News

On our way through Atlanta we stopped at a very diverse community garden run by Friends of Refugees. It's home to the vegetable patches of Iraqis, Bu...

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WATCH: Why Hasn't This Atlanta Anti-Gay Crime Victim Come Forward?

Posted 02.08.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Atlanta Hate Crime, Gay Rights, Gang Violence, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, Gay Hate Crime, Gangs, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

Shockingly brutal footage of an Atlanta gang beating up a local teenager who reportedly was targeted due to his perceived sexual orientation has gone ...

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Trusting Love Over Fear

Rev. Emily C. Heath | Posted 02.07.2012 | Religion

Read More: Religious Violence, Churches, Otherside Lounge, Atlanta, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Inclusion, Eric Rudolph, Religion and Sexuality, Religion News

The people of faith in my life who dared to speak louder than the anti-gay voices around them made me believe that was true.

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BlackVoices History Quest: Atlanta, Georgia

Posted 02.05.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Adventure and Educational Travel, Family Trips, Black History Museums, Family Road Trips, Road Trips, Slidepollajax, Atlanta, Travel, Atlanta Black History, Martin Luther King Center, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta has a special place in many of our hearts. Home to some...

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Middle School Social Studies Teacher Sees Lessons In Teaching Own Play

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.01.2012 | Education

Read More: Atlanta Elementary Schools, Social Studies, Pulitzer Prize, Middle School Social Studies, Wit, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Atlanta Schools, Atlanta, Teachers, Broadway Plays, Margaret Edson Playwright, Margaret Edson, Playwright, Education News

ATLANTA -- Playwright Margaret Edson talks proudly about her Pulitzer Prize and her work appearing on Broadway, but she's the most animated when she d...

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Awesome Spring Break Vacations That Don't Require A Passport

Mary Rambin | Posted 02.01.2012 | Travel

Read More: Resorts, Texas, Golf, Houston, Southern California, California, Phoenix, Conde Nast Traveler, Spring Break, Sedona-Arizona, Slidepollajax, Atlanta, Relais & Chateaux, Family Vacations, Los Angeles, Summer Vacation, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Each less than two hours outside of a major city, these destinations offer gorgeous landscapes and entertain singles, couples and families for a reasonable price. I love them all just as much as my Mexican hideways!

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Facebook Addiction Gone Too Far?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 01.31.2012 | Technology

Read More: Teens Arrested Cnn Break In, Teens Check Facebook Cnn, Internet Addiction Disorder, Video, Teens Cnn Facebook Break In, Atlanta Teens Break in Cnn, Cnn, Teens Cnn Newsroom, Cnn Break In, Georgia, Atlanta, Teens Break in Cnn Newsroom, Internet-Addiction, Teens Break Into Cnn, Technology News

Some people just have to feed their Facebook addiction, no matter what the cost. Just ask two teens who were arrested at 3:30 a.m. Friday morning a...

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We Are Mad About the Wrong Thing

Tanya M. Washington | Posted 01.27.2012 | Education

Read More: Atlanta Slavery Math Questions, Atlanta Metro Area, Georgia, Math, Slavery Math Problems, Slavery, Atlanta, No Child Left Behind, Education News

Parents must become more engaged in influencing and monitoring the substance of their children's education. All of us should be aware that what teachers teach, and how they teach it, is informed by their own perspectives, even in a math problem.

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Missing Atlanta Woman's Remains Found In Georgia Woods

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.25.2012 | Crime

Read More: Video, Crime News, Crime, Stacey English Missing, Atlanta, Georgia, Missing Persons, Stacey Nicole English, Stacey English, Body Found, Crime News

The body of a woman found Monday in Southeast Atlanta has been positively identified as the remains of Stacey Nicole English. The 36-year-old had been...

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Stacey English Update: Body Found Near Site Of Missing Woman's Abandoned Car

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.24.2012 | Crime

Read More: Robert Kirk, Crime, Crime News, Stacey English Missing, Atlanta, Georgia, Stacey English Update, Video, Missing Persons, Stacey English, Body Found, Stacey English Found, Crime News

A body was found Monday in Southeast Atlanta not far from where the car of Stacey Nicole English, a 36-year-old woman who went missing days after Chri...

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Live from Sundance Film Festival 2012: Sunday, Jan. 22

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.23.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Jonathan Kasdan, Sundance Film Festival, Atlanta, That's What She Said, Bridesmaids, Salt Lake City, Britt Robertson, Carrie Preston, Buried, Cillian Murphy, New York, The Comedy, Kellie Overbey, Sigourney Weaver, Marshall Fine, Marcia DeBonis, Park City, Rodrigo Cortes, Dylan O'brien, The First Time, Bad Teacher, Red Lights, Marshall Fine Commentary, Robert De Niro, Alia Shawkat, Anne Heche, Entertainment News

I started my first day at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival mostly thankful to actually be in Park City in time for my first screening of the day. Then...

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Atlanta To Return Hundreds Of Thousands In Federal Dollars For Cheating

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 01.20.2012 | Education

Read More: Atlanta Teachers Cheating, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Cheating Educators, Department of Education, Federal Education Funding, John Barge, Atlanta, Education Reform, Teachers, Georgia Schools, Federal Education Funds, Atlanta Teachers, Education News

ATLANTA -- Officials say the school district in Atlanta has agreed to repay more than $363,000 in federal money the district won by teachers and admin...

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Occupy Atlanta Wins Deal With BB&T, Saves Historic Church

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.18.2012 | Business

Read More: Dexter Johnson, BB&T, Occupy Wall Street, Evictions, Atlanta, Occupy Our Homes, Higher-Ground-Empowerment-Center, Foreclosure, Occupy Atlanta, Big Banks, Vine City, Tim-Franzen, Hgec, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Occupy Atlanta can declare another victory in its fight against big banks. Six days ago, Pastor Dexter Johnson called on the organizers ...

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Vigil For Missing Atlanta Woman As Police Prepare For Lake Search

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

Read More: Video, Crime, Crime News, Stacey English Missing, Georgia, Atlanta, Stacey Nicole English, Missing Persons, Stacey English, Crime News

A candlelight vigil was held in Atlanta Thursday to raise awareness about the disappearance of Stacey Nicole English, a 36-year-old woman missing sinc...

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Two Women Disappear 500 Miles Apart -- Could There Be A Connection?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

Two African American women have disappeared, only nine days apart -- one in Atlanta, one in St. Louis -- and in both cases, their cars were found with...

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Atlanta Police Deny They Stopped The Active Search For Missing Woman Stacey English

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

Read More: Robert Kirk, Video, Crime News, Crime, Georgia, Atlanta, Stacey Nicole English, Missing Persons, Stacey English, Slidepollajax, Crime News

Atlanta police announced Thursday that they found the car of Stacey Nicole English, a 36-year-old Georgia woman who went missing days after Christmas....

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Missing Georgia Woman's Car Found, Family Fears For Her Life

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

Read More: Video, Crime News, Crime, Atlanta, Georgia, Missing Persons, Stacey Nicole English, Stacey English, Crime News

Concern over Stacey Nicole English's whereabouts escalated today after Atlanta authorities announced they had recovered her abandoned vehicle. The...

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OMG You Were a Nun and You're Black?

Deborah Plummer | Posted 01.06.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Political, Cozy Mystery, Atlanta, Obsession, Patient, Transgender, Psychologist, Drug Abuse, Nun, Murder Mystery, Cleveland, African American, Sexual Orientation, Ohio, Georgia, Therapist, Homosexuality, Catholic, Black Voices Life, Black Voices News

I spent over four years researching friendship patterns of people from all ages in order to write Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations th...

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Georgia Woman Missing Since Christmas Holiday; Family Searches For Answers

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

Read More: Video, Crime News, Crime, Atlanta, Georgia, Stacey Nicole English, Missing Persons, Stacey English, Crime News

In Georgia, Stacey Nicole English's family is trying to locate the missing 36-year-old woman, who was last seen on or about Christmas day. "She spe...

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Have Some Of Luda's 'Chicken And Beer' On Your Next Layover

twitter.com | Posted 01.04.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Chicken and Beer, Chicken, Ludacris-Chicken-and-Beer-Restaurant, Atlanta, Ludacris, Ludacris Chicken and Beer Album, Hartsfield?Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Black Voices News

Hungry on your next layover? Not to worry, Ludacris has got you covered. The rapper, actor and entrepreneur made an announcement on Twitter that h...

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Actress Julia Ormond Speaks Out Against Human Slavery

Mickey Goodman | Posted 12.30.2011 | Impact

Read More: Atlanta, Human Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Human Slavery, Human Labor Trafficking, Impact News

Instead of dishing Hollywood gossip or talking about the new film, Julia Ormond's topic was deadly serious -- human trafficking.

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Snoop Dogg And Wiz Khalifa Channel Cheech And Chong For New Album

AP | JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | Posted 12.16.2011 | Black Voices

Read More: Snoop Dogg, Atlanta, Wiz Khalifa, Marijuana, Cheech and Chong, Snoop Dogg Wiz Khalifa Album, Black Voices News

ATLANTA — Snoop Dogg remembered watching all of the Cheech and Chong movies growing up, idolizing the pothead tandem's ability to always escape ...

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