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“Everyone has an origin story. Be thankful for it.” That’s what Tommy Anderson said about his experience within the drag scene in Athens. For decades, Athens has seen drag queens from all over come and go, awing crowds with their dramatic performances. Many drag queens in the Classic City perform…

  An exhibit at University of Georgia Special Collection’s Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is now displaying the lesser-known history of convict labor in the South. The New South and New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia exhibit houses pictures, documents, artifacts and a video explaining the region’s chain gang…

Print textbooks may be something of the past. The University of Georgia Libraries will partner with Google Books to change 120,000 works from print to digital. In total, the University of Georgia Libraries has a collection of 4.5 million works.   With apps like Amazon Kindle and Nook, people already…

I have to admit, it is pretty surreal to have Dr. Amanda Bright on The Lead this week. Bright is the managing editor of this site, and she is the one who gave me this platform on Grady Newsource to be able to share in-depth thoughts on how The Lead…

Brown rice, peas, carrots, spinach, potatoes. Throw in a little seasoning, and it sounds good, right?  It’s actually an ingredient list for a type of dog food. Notice anything missing from that list?  That’s right—there’s no meat.  That was a list of common, main ingredients in vegan dog food, a…

Former University of Georgia and University of Miami football head coach Mark Richt is recovering from a heart attack as of Monday morning. The 59-year-old tweeted on Monday he was “doing fine.” “As I went through the experience I had peace knowing I was going to heaven but I was…

For eight hours a day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., KB Bass worked lifting piles of heavy clothes and rushing to be on location to assist at photoshoots for companies like Ulta. Bass spent the majority of summer days in Manhattan, New York, running errands back and forth on…