Timothy Pratt
The Guardian
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Trump’s Georgia charges thrust Coffee county in to the spotlight. Its people seek accountability
Frustrated residents of rural county seek answers over officials’ involvement in alleged election conspiracy → Read More
‘Alarming and absurd’: concern as ‘Cop City’ activists charged with racketeering
Observers worry about the chilling effects on protests after Atlanta indicts demonstrators under organized crime law → Read More
‘Malice or ineptitude’: probe into cop killing of eco-activist frustrates family
The inquiry into the death of Manuel Paez Terán has been marred by contradictory information released by officials → Read More
Atlanta shuts down strategic park in ‘Cop City’ protest movement
Opponents say move is yet another example of crackdown by officials seeking to disrupt protests against $90m training center → Read More
‘Cop City’ activist’s official autopsy reveals more than 50 bullet wounds
No gunpowder residue found on Manuel Paez Terán, who was alleged to have fired first in fatal confrontation with Georgia police → Read More
‘Cop city’ backers and opponents battle for public opinion over $90m project
Poll shows Atlanta divided on racial lines over planned police and fire department training center → Read More
‘Sadness in the whole forest’: family of Cop City activist killed by police seeks answers
Manuel Paez Terán was protesting planned Atlanta police training center when officers repeatedly shot and killed them → Read More
‘Assassinated in cold blood’: the man killed protesting Georgia’s ‘Cop City’
The killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, who was protesting a training facility, is ‘unprecedented’ in the history of environmental activism, experts say → Read More
‘It’s an American issue’: can Georgia’s candidate for secretary of state save democracy?
Bee Nguyen, who has led her party’s fight against Republican-backed voting restrictions, may prove vital to building election integrity if she becomes nominee for secretary of state → Read More
In Trumpland parallel reality, election was stolen and racism was long ago
Monroe county, Georgia, where Donald Trump won 74% of the vote, is home to views on everything from education to vaccines that are untethered from facts → Read More
Covid vaccinations among US Latinos are rising thanks to community outreach
Grassroots groups are mobilizing churches, soccer coaches and cartoon abuelas to reassure underserved Spanish-speaking communities and remove barriers to get them their shots → Read More
Puente: binational, bilingual project aims to cover the border with nuance
Collaborative of seven digital, TV and radio outlets from El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, join forces to report on immigration through a ‘different lens than most national media’ → Read More
'It's time for people to hear us': Georgia's Asian Americans vow to stand up against hate
The high-profile response from local leaders reflects a change in a state where Asian American voices have been historically unheard → Read More
‘Dreamers’ celebrate graduation despite DACA uncertainty
“They realize this may be their one shot, and they’ve worked too hard and come too far to give up.” → Read More
How smaller colleges and universities team up for survival
ATLANTA — A business major at Clark Atlanta University, Delaina Mims said she spends at least eight hours a day at the Robert W. Woodruff Library. “It’s a good space and it’s better than being by yourself,” said Mims, who had just met up with three of her friends near the library’s outdoor promenade, which students call “Club Woody” because students sometimes play music there at night. Mims can… → Read More
Century-old ‘work college’ model regains popularity as student debt grows
Work colleges, where students get paid or gain credit toward tuition, are drawing renewed interest, thanks to rising student debt, skepticism about the financial payoff of a liberal arts education and employer complaints that graduates aren’t prepared for jobs. → Read More
How I sought answers to what happens in Georgia’s classrooms for children with behavioral disabilities
In Georgia, thousands of students are taken out of their schools and sent to centers where they are supposed to receive an education and therapeutic treatment for behaviors linked to their disabilities. → Read More
More black women are learning to use guns: 'this is a movement, and it starts now'
African American women organizing shooting classes are finding a surge of interest – and many say it comes down to feeling less safe in the era of Trump → Read More
What some colleges are quietly doing to help undocumented students
While the fate of undocumented students is still up in the air, a number of colleges and universities are creating programs to help these students succeed. → Read More
The separate, unequal education of students with special needs
How Georgia’s system to teach children with disabilities is falling vastly short of its promise. → Read More