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Raucous: Artist Talks

Visually harmonious through their use of explosive color, each of the women in “Raucous” explore power structures and gender dynamics in their e…

May the Fourth Be With Athens: What to Watch This Week

The week’s new releases brave enough to open the week after Avengers: Endgame include the promising political comedy Long Shot, starring Charliz…

Make a Deposit at the Athens Area Diaper Bank

I did the math, and it was a little frightening: 5,868. That’s the estimated number of diapers my now-3-year-old likely blew through in his youn…

UGA Students Want to Help the Homeless

As UGA students, we have a deep appreciation for and owe a debt to the city of Athens. For our senior capstone project, we came together to focu…

Means Meets With Parents About Student Behavior

There were lots of Post-It notes in the cafeteria of Whit Davis Elementary Apr. 23 listing concerns parents have about student behavior in the C…

Women Have Been Marching on Washington For Over 100 Years

March is Women’s History Month, and many people here in Athens, across America and around the globe will long remember participating in the hist…

Why the ACC Commission Settled With Fired Officer Taylor Saulters

With little notice and even less explanation, the Athens-Clarke County Commission voted Mar. 5 to settle a lawsuit filed by former ACC police of…

ACC Election Officials Were Unprepared for High Turnout Last Tuesday

Unexpectedly long lines, voting machine and poll worker shortages, and results that weren’t fully reported until the next day—these are just a f…

Foster Family Shortage Forces Athens Children Far From Home

A candlelight vigil last week highlighted the needs of hundreds of local children in the foster care system—some of whom are in the care of fami…

Kemp and Trump in the Big Pickup

Please don’t get me wrong: I have no intention of voting for Brian Kemp. He has always been further to the right politically than I am, and we a…

Hot Corner Festival Features Local Hip Hop and Lots More

For local hip-hop artists, performing at the Hot Corner Celebration and Soul Food Festival is a rite of passage and also a source of pride. The…

Digging Into the Athens Election Results

Going through precinct-by-precinct results from the May 22 election, one thing jumps out: Harry Sims campaigned for mayor on the premise that re…

Farm Bill Could Make Benefits Disappear in a SNAP

The partisan divide on Capitol Hill is nothing new, but Democrats and Republicans have historically come together every five years to re-up the…

Sixth Annual Athens Hip Hop Awards Encourage Activism

When local activists Mokah and Knowa Johnson organized the first Athens Hip Hop Awards in 2013, the local hip-hop scene was virtually invisible…

Oconee Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence

Joining many thousands of students across the country, 1,000 students at Oconee and North Oconee high schools walked out of their classes Wednes…

Candidates Disagree on Law Enforcement, Economy in First Mayoral Forum

The three candidates for Athens-Clarke County mayor broadly agreed on a number of issues during the race’s first forum last week, but staked out…

My Crush Is Moving Too Fast

Dear Bonita, I am a third-year student who works and attends school full-time. At the beginning of fall semester, I met a girl who seemed to lik…

Girtz Centers Mayoral Campaign on Poverty

Athens-Clarke County Commission Kelly Girtz—the likely frontrunner in the May mayor’s race—called for “a broader, stronger and more inclusive fo…