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Junior Michael Howard is taking six International Baccalaureate (IB) classes this year at Jackson County Comprehensive High School. His cohort is the first to study this new curriculum after the school became an authorized IB World School in October 2019. “I noticed that it is a good bit more rigorous,”…

  Film screenings, art exhibitions and other events in Athens this month celebrate women’s accomplishments in fields including politics, art and science.  The events this year will take place virtually or with social distancing measures to account for the COVID-19 pandemic. March 1987 was the first official Women’s History Month,…

  Around the country, grassroots organizations push for radical environmental policies like the Green New Deal — an ambitious plan to eliminate and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources and green jobs. Alex Monroy, a fourth-year environmental health studies major at the University of Georgia and founder of the…

Caitlyn Stroh-Page, the executive editor of the Athens Banner-Herald, said the future of many local papers will include some nonprofit elements. Stroh-Page oversees the Athens Banner-Herald, including the online subscription service, OnlineAthens.com. While a student at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, she freelanced for the Banner-Herald. Since…

Intimate partner violence or other types of abuse in the household can put parents and children at serious risk for long-term physical and mental health problems, according to local organizations. In an early February meeting with Barrow County officials and members of the community, Peace Place Inc. stressed the importance…

Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national state of emergency in March 2020, people have resorted to practicing creative and necessary forms of self-care to help preserve their mental health. The country has endured quarantine periods, work and school from home, a turbulent election and a general overwhelming sense…