Leighton Rowell
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Atlanta, GA, United States
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For Georgia Teens, The End Of Dating Violence Begins With Healthy Relationships
Domestic violence and sexual assault are leading causes of injuries for young women and girls over the age of 15 in Georgia, according to the state's → Read More
Amid A String Of Rare Cancers In Waycross, Residents Suspect Pollution At The Root
The network of rail lines and canals that gave Waycross its name now act as dividing lines for the community. For a century, the canals carried runoff from → Read More
New National Pediatrics President On Welfare Of Migrant Children In Detention Centers
Fayetteville pediatrician Dr. Sara Goza has been elected president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Goza is back at her practice in Georgia after → Read More
For 'Nap Bishop' Tricia Hersey, Rest is a Radical Act of Social Justice
Your Fourth of July plans may include parades, pool parties, cookouts or the Peachtree Road Race. Tricia Hersey plans to celebrate with a nice, long nap. → Read More
Yea or Neigh: Is 'Old Town Road' 2019's Song of the Summer?
Amid prep for Fourth of July cookouts, pool parties and parades, the On Second Thought team is also cooking up summer playlists – and this year, no → Read More
Report: USMCA Trade Deal Could Cost Georgia Farmers Millions
Last week, Mexico became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement , or USMCA. Canada is expected to follow suit in short → Read More
As Major U.S. Cities Push To Diversify Housing, Atlanta Suburbs Aren't Ready For Change
In many American neighborhoods, it's illegal to build anything other than a single-family home on most lots zoned for residential properties. Take Sandy → Read More
Georgia Playlist: The Norm
When Bryan Rucker and Ryan Bars became step-brothers, they also became a band. Based in Atlanta, The Norm fuses hip-hop, rock and pop, creating a sound far → Read More
How Refugees – And The Communities That Welcome Them – Are Transforming The South
June 20 marks World Refugee Day. The United Nations defines refugees as people forced to flee their native countries "because of persecution, war or → Read More
Author-Artist Maira Kalman's 'Pursuit of Everything' Comes to Atlanta
Maira Kalman is perhaps best known by adults for the now iconic "New Yorkistan" and other covers for The New Yorker , or a dozen books including A nd the → Read More
Meet NPR Kroc Fellow Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
In 2007, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez government effectively shut down RCTV, the nation's most influential private cable channel. The decision sparked protests → Read More
Georgia To Cut 30,000 Poor, Elderly And Disabled From Medicaid
Earlier in June, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that 17,000 poor, elderly or disabled Georgians had lost their Medicaid benefits. The Georgia → Read More
'Grace Will Lead Us Home' Details Charleston Church Survivors' Journey To Forgiveness
Monday marks four years since 12 members of the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, welcomed a → Read More
Your County Tax Commissioner Might Be Profiting Personally From Collecting Your City Taxes
If you grumble about paying taxes, you might have another reason to complain. A new investigation shows Georgia county tax commissioners are allowed to → Read More
NPR's 'White Lies' Investigates Civil Rights Cold Case – And Why It Was Never Solved
In 1965 the Rev. James Reeb was attacked and savagely beaten on the streets of Selma, Alabama. Days later, Reeb died of head injuries in a Birmingham → Read More
Looking For Your Next Summer Read? Georgia's Independent Bookstores Have You Covered
The official start of summer is just around the corner. Whether you are headed to the lake or the beach, it’s the perfect time to pick up your next → Read More
Georgia's Own Terrilyn Rivers-Cannon Is 2019 National School Social Worker Of The Year
Terrilyn Rivers-Cannon didn't always want to be a social worker. Growing up in Savannah, she wanted to become an attorney. Rivers-Cannon didn't decide → Read More
Residents, Leaders Battle Blight In Macon
Drive through almost any neighborhood in Macon-Bibb County and you're apt to spot some houses with crumbling facades, shuttered windows and overgrown lawns → Read More
'Windows Speak' Exhibit Brings Atlanta Life Back To Auburn Avenue
Alonzo Franklin Herndon founded what would become the Atlanta Life Insurance Company more than a century ago. A former sharecropper, Herndon started his → Read More
Aquafarm To Table: Georgia Grown Oysters Land On Kimball House Menu
Georgia was once a leader in the oyster canning business, but the last cannery closed in the 1960s. In decades since, the local bivalves had a reputation → Read More