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After four months of service in Athens, Georgia, Food Fight GA has terminated its services due to lack of funding. Now, food insecurity in Athens is more exposed than ever.  Committing to providing relief to restaurant staff and farmers in the wake of COVID-19, Food Fight GA donated weekly produce…

When a young Hannah Suarez first stumbled upon her older sister’s gaming console at age 11, she never realized that her love for playing games on a big television screen would eventually lead to a bittersweet experience as a woman in competitive gaming. I had to branch my sub-community off…

Private schools in Athens experienced both decreases and increases in enrollment before the school year began as they offer in-person classes. COVID-19 Case Tracker Overview There have been no reported positive cases of coronavirus at Downtown Academy, Waseca Montessori School or Double Helix. Athens Christian School has had only two…

From the rise of evangelical influence to the influence of the Black church during the Civil Rights Movement, Christianity and politics in the U.S. have always been linked. The relationship is longstanding and even played a role in this year’s election.   Here is a timeline of key religious currents…

Dana Butler has been the owner and lead instructor at the Inspiring Minds Montessori Pre-School for the past 16 1/2 years. Over the years, Dana and her husband, John, who serves as the business manager for the school, helped educate hundreds of children from all over the world, but since…

In the wake of the massive protests against police brutality over the summer, the role of law enforcement in the United States has become a topic for critical analysis. On Nov. 13, The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law hosted a lecture that showcased reports that found the largest…

For Ben Bowdoin, lead roaster and green buyer of 1000 Faces Coffee in Athens, coffee is just as much about the relationships between the buyers and the farmers as it is about the beans. He expresses this through their business model, a relatively new concept called direct trade.  “The biggest…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYMVC5eyTKc   Members of the local music community spoke about the unpleasant possibilities that await if no political action is taken to combat the stagnation brought on by the lack of live music. Elijah Johnston is a senior majoring in journalism at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University…

While spending a day at her grandmother’s house, Brittani Miles and her father had a disagreement. The father-daughter dispute centered around vote-by-mail fraud, an issue which continues to elicit conversations as President Donald Trump claims President-elect Joe Biden “stole” the 2020 presidential election despite a failure to offer substantial evidence.…

The American Academy of Pediatrics considers mental health as the “largest unmet health need for children and teens in foster care.” When looking at the prison population in the United States, or even the population that are homeless, you’ll find thousands have something in common: They were children in the…