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Wade. As a female candidate with caregiver responsibilities, her efforts highlight the challenges that still prevent many other women from running for office. EMILY HANEY / EMILY.HANEY@AJC.COM" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div></div></div></div></a><div class="block-2"><div class="c-story-tease large-text "><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-in-a-run-for-state-legislature-women-still-have-hurdles-to-jump/CW2VCN7YXZFZPM2BLC6OXUOQBE/"><h3>RHONE: In a run for state legislature, women still have hurdles to jump </h3></a><p class="description">Some women with political aspirations still find themselves in a catch-22.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="HP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="MP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div data-fusion-lazy-id="f0fc8TByzcFGAj"><div class="c-more-list b-margin-bottom-d30-m20"><div class="c-list"><section class="section"><div class="content"><div class="list-items"><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-is-marta-merch-a-smarta-move/L5EOF2E55FAP5KJCUVSV773DYQ/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/FLREA36IDRBXXBIKL4Z7WZIHXM.png?auth=48acfaa4c436a333c04f043319e97e81d5101e21487763f5f774c27cad67c0a3&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="In November, Marta introduced an online store that sells merchandise ranging from t-shirts and backpacks to foster brand loyalty among transit riders and enthusiasts. Image credit: MARTA" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: MARTA</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-is-marta-merch-a-smarta-move/L5EOF2E55FAP5KJCUVSV773DYQ/"><h3>RHONE: Is MARTA merch a SMARTA move?</h3></a><p class="description">MARTA’s challenges have been well documented. Bucket hats and backpacks won’t be the impetus that finally rallies Atlanta residents around the city's transit system.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-harris-loss-showed-women-the-underbelly-of-america/TSOWNBZRB5DAZOI4M2LTBBFYDY/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/CKRNDWM6DNFZ3NE6IXO6OZXT4I.JPG?auth=597ad9df7ba59b8900d23176dd027345f93fb06f67162913bd0c70f58733fa3b&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Simone Moales, a senior at Spelman College, sits in the African American Hall of Fame and talk about their feelings the morning after Kamala Harris didn’t win the presidential election. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-harris-loss-showed-women-the-underbelly-of-america/TSOWNBZRB5DAZOI4M2LTBBFYDY/"><h3>RHONE: Kamala Harris loss showed women the underbelly of America</h3></a><p class="description">The vision of a country that represents a true democracy is not stronger than the vision of a country that is run by white male supremacist leadership.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-the-cure-for-post-election-anxiety-in-georgia-embrace-uncertainty/UM4Q4ZGPNNFHJEJUWJQ6IYO2JY/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/W6NDI5CYCIOWXTPN2YRJEVZIDA.jpg?auth=350f0eacb073001cf22cfb5514cec39170e106e446de6f3ce306aba3c6b3a070&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="More than 7 in 10 Americans expressed anxiety about the future of the country and the potential for violence post-election, in a recent survey by the American Psychological Association. To cope with post-election stress, experts say we have to learn to embrace uncertainty. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Jenni Girtman</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-the-cure-for-post-election-anxiety-in-georgia-embrace-uncertainty/UM4Q4ZGPNNFHJEJUWJQ6IYO2JY/"><h3>RHONE: Cure for postelection anxiety? Learn to live with uncertainty</h3></a><p class="description">A survey found that 77% of Americans are worried about the future of the nation and 69% were worried about the presidential election. What can you do?</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-at-polls-offer-voters-support-instead-of-suspicion/VJNMLUH2DVBCHJMQH3NS7Q2C3I/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/444ZOJESKJFR7DAOOTV4DKIIWA.jpeg?auth=74b0a9fa1a15e47e29faee4c57d13b07968a6858d8f6ae3d256856c1b8c8868d&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Dean Burden, 20, voted in his first presidential election but not without challenges. It took 5 hours and 4 polling places for the Georgia State Student to cast his vote. Image credit: Dean Burden" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Dean Burden</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-at-polls-offer-voters-support-instead-of-suspicion/VJNMLUH2DVBCHJMQH3NS7Q2C3I/"><h3>RHONE: At polls, offer voters support instead of suspicion </h3></a></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-is-trick-or-treating-in-atlanta-dead/5EHKW7V7AZHUFPAECAZGHEGC4I/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/NQI3SV7I7OC3PDH5KCBVGJ75HM.jpg?auth=5e7fa34cb011656826d64cb6d1a48339164ccbf6879bb1c13fe25dddcad9b5f2&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Grant Park is just one of several Atlanta neighborhoods known for good trick-or-treating, but some residents say the tradition seems to be waning. (John Spink/AJC 2021)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-is-trick-or-treating-in-atlanta-dead/5EHKW7V7AZHUFPAECAZGHEGC4I/"><h3>RHONE: Is trick-or-treating in Atlanta dead?</h3></a><p class="description">Where are the trick-or-treaters in Atlanta? Each year around this time, the kids disappear and we debate whether trick-or-treating is dead or if it should be dead.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-will-climate-change-chase-coastal-residents-to-metro-atlanta/4E2ABDL5BVFWNMBTMGPW5Q6JAU/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/75OI2OSCUZA4Y77RFWPCPPIICY.jpg?auth=38169d8e63112b8016e753b4fc188d0164544749f59486a1bfd3e230ed2c13df&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Extreme weather is resulting in the next great migration of Americans as residents in coastal areas seek refuge in cities like Atlanta. Here people wait in line to get gas at a filling station near Bradenton, Fla., after Hurricane Milton, Oct. 11, 2024. (Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: NYT</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-will-climate-change-chase-coastal-residents-to-metro-atlanta/4E2ABDL5BVFWNMBTMGPW5Q6JAU/"><h3>RHONE: Will climate change chase coastal residents to metro Atlanta? </h3></a><p class="description">Extreme weather events such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, coastal flooding and heat waves are changing how we live and many of us are unaware of or are in denial.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/rhone-the-trad-wife-trend-is-both-fun-and-unsettling/OSKZ6YRFC5BSPIIVVXV3RBSU7I/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/CXKPQ6VFAZDTVOPJGI5ZU6WCCU.jpg?auth=31e8a9adf14d5417813b542e2c7ba177d1528a5ba91b0592c84d78a81471c9ee&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Nara Smith, a model and influencer, is one of the most referenced content creators of the trad wife trend. Though Smith does not claim to be a trad wife, her videos portray a glamorized version of being a stay-at-home mom that are both fun and unsettling. Image Credit: @Nara Smith/ Tik Tok" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: nara smith </p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/rhone-the-trad-wife-trend-is-both-fun-and-unsettling/OSKZ6YRFC5BSPIIVVXV3RBSU7I/"><h3>RHONE: The trad wife trend is both fun and unsettling </h3></a><p class="description">While the movement is entertaining on social media, it glamorizes traditional gender roles for women, risking limited choices and obscuring the fight for equality and rights.</p></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-nearly-half-of-college-students-have-a-mental-health-condition-they-need-support/42QKD3HN6ZDUHGSO435C6R6TGE/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/KOIEX6PE3ZDL3RCOLMKKJLDJE4.jpg?auth=4359c0b700880af14095a666ed0b5353e7f08b7e4fa31acd603127420a21f4ce&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Georgia Tech students were on the move in between classes on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Georgia Tech, like other state colleges and universities, has closed campuses due to the coronavirus outbreak and is offering online counseling services for students needing assistance. (John Spink/AJC)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-nearly-half-of-college-students-have-a-mental-health-condition-they-need-support/42QKD3HN6ZDUHGSO435C6R6TGE/"><h3>RHONE: College students and mental health - they need support</h3></a></div></div><div class="MP10 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="RP10 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-one-third-of-americans-are-ready-to-flee-the-country-we-should-be-concerned/DDGNNRP35VHRLH25INDZORUBNM/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/Y24DAQZPZVBS7AHVFUP7DJP33M.JPG?auth=331689dd6bcce76c515bc9f0ddd93b0227172d2fd601934667a8407ec0be2012&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Jen Barnett (third from right) and Brett Andrews (kneeling) co-founded Expatsi to help Americans scout destinations abroad for relocation. In April, they moved from Alabama to Merida, Yucatan, in Mexico. (Courtesy of Expatsi)" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Expatsi</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><div class="c-headline-label">OPINION</div><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/opinion-one-third-of-americans-are-ready-to-flee-the-country-we-should-be-concerned/DDGNNRP35VHRLH25INDZORUBNM/"><h3>RHONE: Americans ready to flee the country? We should be concerned.</h3></a></div></div><div class="c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/columnists/rhone-riding-out-hurricane-helene-is-no-time-for-cynicism/DXL5O567D5HBFMASL2N32PMRXI/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/J3MQROU5VVDOZMOANVSBKUCOF4.JPG?auth=a613b2c00eb15eb509ab2a29a7f986ce1cf6f79e24b970252710e104634585d2&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="Meteorologists have compared Hurricane Helene to 2017's Hurricane Irma. AJC columnist Nedra Rhone reflects on the lesson she learned when Hurricane Irma downed a tree on her property leaving her with no water, no electricity and no car for several days." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=1836" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Nedra Rhone</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/columnists/rhone-riding-out-hurricane-helene-is-no-time-for-cynicism/DXL5O567D5HBFMASL2N32PMRXI/"><h3>RHONE: I ignored the warnings. Then a tree crushed my car</h3></a><p class="description">Years ago, I was that type of Georgian — a nonnative from the Midwest who thought I was tougher than any weather Georgia could throw at me.</p></div></div></div><span class="separator-line"></span><button class="btn-loadMore redesign b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 default">Load More </button></div><div class="right-rail"><div class="RP10 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 is-sticky "></div></div></section></div></div></div></div></div><div class="c-exp-bottomBanner b-exp-fixed"></div></main><div class="footer-wrapper"><div class="c-backToTop"><div><svg width="21" height="21" viewBox="0 0 21 21" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect x="0.0654297" y="0.96875" width="20" height="20" rx="10" fill="white"></rect><path d="M14.9697 13.4209L10.0654 8.5166L5.16113 13.4209" stroke="#282828" stroke-width="2.08" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></div><footer class="c-footer 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For almost 30 years, MARTA riders had dropped the mix of metals into fare boxes in exchange for a ride, but with the prospect of saving $10 million in lost revenue, MARTA officials decided to toss the tokens."},{"_id":"QA3UHZH45RHSFNIDDKP4EIFZPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983597},"type":"text","content":"I asked riders how they felt about bidding tokens goodbye, and mostly, I got a lot of shoulder shrugs and eye rolls. 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She even had a binder of MARTA memorabilia — more than 100 cards featuring artwork and images of prominent Atlantans — that she had collected for almost a decade."},{"_id":"NQV5MBMUFVG2VK4YTGBVYNJ6DU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983601},"type":"text","content":"Early this month when MARTA announced its <a href=\"https://itsmartamerch.com/\">first online merchandise shop</a>, I thought of Darling and how difficult it had been a few decades earlier to drum up anyone who was even remotely nostalgic about MARTA. Back in the day, MARTA issued special tokens to generate additional revenue, now they’ve turned to clothing and other merchandise."},{"_id":"VXI6V75SDVAYBK6X2BRWZSZTQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983603},"type":"text","content":"“With options ranging from T-shirts to totes, the MARTA Merch store enables riders and transit fans to showcase their connection to Atlanta’s transit culture,” said a press release marking the opening."},{"_id":"M7ELQHD2I5FTVJOUOQGDFAK6DM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983604},"type":"text","content":"“Atlanta’s transit culture?” That’s a stretch."},{"_id":"FMH5JC6XWVCCPFIPWWFFANZFQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983605},"type":"text","content":"Each year from 2020 to 2023, use of MARTA has hovered near 50% of the 2019 pre-pandemic level. 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Bucket hats and backpacks won’t be the impetus that finally rallies Atlanta residents around MARTA."},{"_id":"SOSIOXURIREVDOT42O67AG3VRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983607},"type":"text","content":"Who will shell out $25 to $65 for T-shirts and mini Pylon signs bearing station locations? Who has been waiting to upgrade their bathroom with a Breeze Card bath mat or a shower curtain that shows four rail lines to nowhere?"},{"_id":"XGITMT5RE5DB5LIGSRRK4EXOYI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983608},"type":"text","content":"“On a 71 x 74 inch shower curtain, all that white space where trains don’t go really hurts my eyes,” said one of my colleagues."},{"_id":"L3XP5JDCNBBRZE43ONGQ3RFUYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983609},"type":"text","content":"“Just a daily reminder of how incomplete the system is!” said another."},{"_id":"XRER7OF3RVC2RIEURZOJYFRIZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983610},"type":"text","content":"A few months before the online merch store opened, Atlanta United unveiled its “MARTA Collection,” the first custom retail collaboration between MARTA and a professional sports organization. Given the ridership of Atlanta United fans, it makes sense to build on that momentum. Maybe a Taylor Swift collab is to come?"},{"_id":"U4MSISEHLNF2RISUIEFGOI3MNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983611},"type":"text","content":"There is plenty of MARTA memorabilia in online marketplaces to compete with the new official MARTA merch — a necklace made of MARTA tokens, a $400 painting of MARTA along the Beltline, vintage MARTA lapel pins, printed timetables and a pre-owned MARTA uniform. These items somehow feel more authentic, more like preserving a piece of history rather than new merch that distracts us from the real problems."},{"_id":"TOOC4GKPARED3HAVDIFJ5SMXFA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"OETERJMTKRACHJYBE4WJ4Y3U2M"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"MARTA to rethink weekend service cuts after Pride weekend delays","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/marta-to-rethink-weekend-service-cuts-after-pride-weekend-delays/6AWWURUZSRAGVBWORNLBCKFQH4/"},{"_id":"EFIK53STFFAORA2DZHA4OJYLPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983612},"type":"text","content":"A few months after I wrote the story about tokens, I took a MARTA ride that I’ll never forget. I was convinced that public transit, if it existed, was meant to be utilized. I was a car owner who cared about the environment and a city dweller who figured that part of my civic duty was supporting and utilizing the rail system whenever possible."},{"_id":"LYQRYKNVXBH5RDKWLGNEZHMNOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983613},"type":"text","content":"From my apartment on Ponce de Leon Ave., I walked a few blocks to the North Avenue station with plans to meet up with a friend in College Park. The friend, who had lived in Atlanta longer than me, questioned my judgment."},{"_id":"7ONJSF3IP5CMXLY2DAMN4Z2L6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983614},"type":"text","content":"“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asked."},{"_id":"3WZKE5CJWVHRRDSWVSCKPINJVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983615},"type":"text","content":"“Take the train? 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I ended up shivering on the curb while I waited for my friend to pick me up."},{"_id":"4M2DKBMD2VA7RP27D64T7XEBRQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731589983618},"type":"text","content":"It was a long time before I rode MARTA again."},{"_id":"VBEMIKOZOVED7I55VJ7FTGQLTQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"QQ25DBD6PFFCTJCVYR6CWZUWTY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Cobb, Gwinnett voters make view on transit clear. What’s uncertain? 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"},{"_id":"FBYZ7VWSEVCMNBUQ4JGGR6J5H4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Both Clinton and Kamala Harris failed to win swing states that Biden won in 2020. This is, at least in part, a reflection of the sexism and racism that have prevented us from elevating a woman to the nation’s highest office."},{"_id":"GQHSXMHROFDD3GNADDXMJDVMMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815879},"type":"text","content":"In 2016, a multiage, multiracial coalition of women hit the streets with pink hats and protest signs believing that together we could stomp the patriarchy even if other women believed things were just fine the way they were. This time around, white women are ordering blue bracelets by the thousands to distance themselves from those 53% of women who voted for Trump."},{"_id":"ZE5B3LRDCBGM7IY4YYKIV66SJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815880},"type":"text","content":"So here we are now. Most Black women, some white women and slightly more Latinas are still trying to convince a majority of America that we deserve more than second-class citizenship."},{"_id":"V2HRBE5E7JDDLOBS5WV3NAMZAA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"HDPPTYQLEJFBTIBOKI3SI6WGYA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"RHONE: Is America ready to vote a woman into the White House?","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-is-america-ready-to-vote-a-woman-into-the-white-house/A7XPFVNRPNCFVE6RE3DWXWJJ6U/"},{"_id":"27EOQOMFSZHG5BLGTCUFGNJHJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":91,"comment":"IA"}],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815881},"type":"text","content":"I am concerned for women, racial minorities, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community and any other vulnerable population that fears for their future. In Trump, they see a leader who has openly shared his disdain and disrespect for them, who is attempting to orchestrate the rollback of 50 years of freedom and who has given anyone with misogynist and racist leanings a moment to preen."},{"_id":"YE4N3F6GGFHHRLAAHLBKLO4YFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731328905915},"type":"text","content":"In the aftermath of the election, women and Black people began receiving messages on social media platforms, either from bots or actual people, containing derogatory comments about women and bodily autonomy, threats of sexual assault or jokes about enslavement."},{"_id":"B64RR7QOG5H2NIBP3KDWD2TWVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815882},"type":"text","content":"Like Spence, I have given myself permission to rest. I have given physical and virtual hugs to the people in my community who are living the morals on which we say this country was founded and who can return the love and care that I give to them."},{"_id":"6BU3MBBZKFGCPE4YUVVFH44MKQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"LGEZLVUKYRD57OQ74UBGGB25SQ"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Opinion: Did white women choose race over gender?","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-did-white-women-choose-race-over-gender/5O3KYX4QEBAPLH4OXT5GAIJMOE/"},{"_id":"MPXFWL5XJ5HJ3L4MJ55IO2UYAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815883},"type":"text","content":"If there is a source of light right now, it is among the younger generations who are also hurting but not as tired and world weary as I find myself to be."},{"_id":"OJAZED5TC5C7PFJVRLL4RSY2OQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815884},"type":"text","content":"Last week, Simone Moales, 22, a graduating senior at Spelman College, was in tears, disappointed by the outcome of the election and the knowledge of what it meant on a deeper level."},{"_id":"UWL4F3KIABHSFFKS5HGPW2FOZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815885},"type":"text","content":"Moales, a political science major, believed that this election was also a vote to uphold white supremacy. For some Americans, wealth and racial hierarchy are more important than reaching the true promise of America even if they would be living under a dictatorship, she said."},{"_id":"EYCXGYDBMJDQVKRRH3S3SOWRXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815886},"type":"text","content":"But after listening to Harris concede, Moales said she wiped her tears and encouraged everyone to tune in for inspiration."},{"_id":"KK3YYNWKDNAA3NY7PUR3QHOQGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815887},"type":"text","content":"“She conceded the election but she did not concede the fight, and that is the momentum that I want to drive us forward,” Moales said."},{"_id":"57PANNECWNFMRJZZ7RH2BDSMAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815888},"type":"text","content":"Perhaps moving forward means shifting how Black women advocate over the next four years, Moales said, learning how to work for ourselves before we continue working for the body politic."},{"_id":"KTKUH32VAZFX7KSLLL7PKYXMKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731328905923},"type":"text","content":"“I know there is something greater that lies ahead if we continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms,” she said."},{"_id":"54KHN4JHIZEVNK2AVDMQL5LUBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815889},"type":"text","content":"I know at some point, Spence will turn off HGTV and turn back to the news."},{"_id":"5CZ2ELNGLZDTVKO5ZGMDJZF4F4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731091815890},"type":"text","content":"I know that over the next four years, we will collectively pack up our disappointment and keep it moving. 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How do you stop feeling anxious about the potential for postelection violence or the prospect of the country continuing to be divided instead of finding a way to heal?"},{"_id":"MLPVJTR6KRBXDNN3KTFER3Y75Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730820354009},"type":"text","content":"Our decline into what feels like a persistent sense of uncertainty did not happen overnight, and we won’t dig our way out of that feeling overnight."},{"_id":"LBF7J4ANPFHCBOW2NMHDMB6NAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730820354010},"type":"text","content":"I have no idea what the future will bring, but I know that wherever you stand after the election, you will need to be resilient."},{"_id":"EWNWUIDFBZGCHFNRK5U2LDG4LQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730820354011},"type":"text","content":"We can learn to deal with this uncertainty. 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On Saturday, Oct. 19, he and his mom drove a few minutes from their home in Cobb County to the polling place where Burden had previously voted in the December 2022 runoff between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock."},{"_id":"4AHEGLRG3BAX3JGEEI7LV2PQQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230614},"type":"text","content":"It was the same polling place where his dad and older brother had voted just a week earlier."},{"_id":"7AIK6RAVHFBPTKRONK6YUTGKKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230615},"type":"text","content":"His mom finished voting in a few minutes. 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Burden said he never changed his address."},{"_id":"BHNQPYX365EWVAZ5UHN53AGBUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230619},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“I was more confused than anything because this had never happened to me before. I voted in Cobb multiple times, my address hasn’t changed, what is different now?” said Burden, a junior at Georgia State University."},{"_id":"UJHKLIX3VNCHJBEDXLORH7XEQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230620},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Poll workers didn’t give him an answer and I suspect he won’t get one."},{"_id":"LFS6SGJHMZAG7FOOZRB4LV43ZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230621},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"This is the new era of voting in Georgia (and across the country), in which fomenting suspicion has taken precedence over ensuring that eligible voters have a smooth voting experience. It is a moment when last-minute lawsuits destined for defeat are most likely intended to serve as fodder for future claims of fraud rather than actual attempts to secure voter rights."},{"_id":"474CZSIIMRCFVHJE4HG7SESVYM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"AKCIOKVBIVEARFW2GQ5GR6UL6I"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Brad Raffensperger: Georgia elections are secure","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-georgia-elections-are-secure-brad-raffensperger-writes/FL7BSQY2OJE7DJT33RYMRER3LA/"},{"_id":"TJ6RB2HHHZHFBAOYJMOUZFHQI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230622},"type":"text","content":"It is a moment when panic buttons and bulletproof glass are becoming a fixture of election offices because history has already shown that for some of my fellow Americans violence and intimidation win over reason in the face of defeat."},{"_id":"MJUE6LROTBBMNNKIMOKZJ3N4WI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230623},"type":"text","content":"Since July, when a state law governing voting challenges took effect, more than 63,000 Georgians have had their voter status challenged,<a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-voter-challenges-2024-election-f817bc282ea44e008af74f6bf5793bd1\" target=\"_blank\"> according to The Associated Press</a>. 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Confident he would be able to vote, Burden attempted to check in but was thwarted once again."},{"_id":"FS4ZFVK6SFDUZHSCKN6KQJ27S4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230626},"type":"text","content":"“At that moment, I felt like I was getting the runaround and I was getting frustrated but I wanted to keep my cool,” Burden said. “I wasn’t trying to cause any problems, I was just trying to get my vote off.”"},{"_id":"SFWJCHO3T5GHJJM5GQW7HQXG34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230627},"type":"text","content":"This time, the poll worker sent them back to Cobb County to a voting location in Powder Springs, a 40-minute drive. Once there, Burden got the same story again: the address in the system didn’t match the address on his driver’s license so he couldn’t vote."},{"_id":"73MXZ56AUVGUPP23YXRGF5F5AQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230628},"type":"text","content":"But this time he also got a poll supervisor who took the time to help him figure out what to do."},{"_id":"KKZQERKQLVBRFM6JFLXIFQCRCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230629},"type":"text","content":"He needed to call Cobb County elections before they closed, she told him. Then she sat with him and gave him the correct phone numbers to call. Sometimes she took the phone herself to explain the situations to election officials. She helped Burden change his address, print a copy of the new registration, then sent him to yet another polling place in Cobb County."},{"_id":"WXVQ5YZNDRCEVB3SQUKRQWHQDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230630},"type":"text","content":"“I can confidently say, If I hadn’t run into that woman, I wouldn’t have been able to vote that day,” Burden said."},{"_id":"EPIMPW2SYVFPXEFUYCPRVTPMTA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230631},"type":"text","content":"That’s probably correct considering a similar situation happened to another 20-year-old student from the University of Georgia, <a href=\"https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/uga-student-says-he-showed-up-vote-was-told-he-was-registered-another-county/XO5NTDOVCNEODPBMQXAMJ2WXUQ/\">according to reporting from WSB</a>. The student who has a Milton address and is registered in Fulton County went to vote only to learn that the residential address on his voter registration had been changed in February to an address in Rome. So he drove to Rome to cast his vote but was told he couldn’t vote due to the discrepancy. After three hours, the student gave up and left without voting."},{"_id":"54IBX4UURZHFRGY2MH3XGFWXYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230632},"type":"text","content":"Burden’s story has a more promising ending. When he arrived at the fourth polling place of the day, it was after 5 p.m. He gave a printout to the designated poll worker who verified the updates and then sent him to vote."},{"_id":"XRKT7G6ZBNDSXFOZBG6RKTXSD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230633},"type":"text","content":"“I am satisfied that I was able to get my vote off and that I ran into a person who wanted me to get my vote off just as much as I wanted to get my vote off,” Burden said. But of course, he has questions. “There are still answers that I haven’t gotten. Who changed my address? How did it happen? I knew it wasn’t me and I knew it wasn’t my parents.”"},{"_id":"MU23XD62NZCLXK6D7CF7EYWLOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230634},"type":"text","content":"Not everyone has the conviction, the time, or the resources to do what Burden and his mother did that day. But at the same time, this is what we must do for ourselves and sometimes for others. We should seek ways to help people vote, not look for reasons to prevent them from voting."},{"_id":"KP3YRFI2OZDHNGXSZCAYKI46NQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730379230635},"type":"text","content":"“When I got up that morning, I knew I wanted to vote and needed to vote. I was excited to vote in my first presidential election,” Burden said. “I don’t think anybody should run into this issue. No one should be given the runaround just for wanting to cast their vote.”"},{"_id":"4CEPMNHT3ZBBHOOFBCWCWE3EZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730173230653},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>) and find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and X (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion/columnists","parent":{"default":"/opinion"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/opinion","name":"AJC Columnists","description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion/columnists","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/opinion","default":"/opinion","MainMenu2024":"/opinion","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"/opinion"},"site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"AJC Columnists"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"AJC Columnists"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"AJC Columnists","_id":"/opinion/columnists","ancestors":{"MainMenu2024":["/","/opinion"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"ComposerNav":["/opinion"]},"order":{"MainMenu2024":2002,"SectionMap":1072,"ComposerNav":2003}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion/columnists","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1008,"SectionMap":1091,"ComposerNav":1011}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion/columnists","name":"AJC Columnists"},"tags":[{"text":"lifestyle"},{"text":"atlanta-news-metro.ajc"},{"text":"real life blog"},{"text":"teamdan"},{"text":"UATL"},{"text":"opinion"},{"text":"localnews.ajc"},{"text":"local government"}]},"label":{"tease_label":{"display":true,"text":"OPINION"},"custom_label":{"display":true,"text":"Real Life with Nedra Rhone"}},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"74b0a9fa1a15e47e29faee4c57d13b07968a6858d8f6ae3d256856c1b8c8868d"},"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"name":"Dean Burden","type":"author","byline":"Dean Burden"}]},"subtitle":"Dean Burden","width":2985,"caption":"Dean Burden, 20, voted in his first presidential election but not without challenges. 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They recovered the candy bowl from my porch, took it to their house and handed out the remaining peanut butter cups and mini chocolate bars, letting everyone know it was candy from the house across the street."},{"_id":"3WHDKG3IXRA6ZJJU6U5NZHSGA4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"L4QRFM4TORAABHM5DZ3TNFKVXU"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Your weather forecast for Halloween in metro Atlanta ","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/no-tricks-just-treats-in-metro-atlanta-halloween-weather-forecast/3X4HOWK5FNDVVCQJ4BP2BMGUEM/"},{"_id":"KCYMLN7YPBEXDGGZFJ72MRWWIA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"RJQMH7LJTJCMPCYYDF3FEK5G7U"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"AMMIB2IG7ZFUXFYBD2I6NGTYPA\" />"},{"_id":"TAMKK265RNAURL2PIZDS76IXZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A resident in a nearby neighborhood described a similar event. But the kids, or possibly an adult, didn’t just scoop up all the candy, they took the bowl as well. Her solution? She leaves candy scattered across the porch and lets the kids scamper for it like birds diving for breadcrumbs."},{"_id":"SQTBVKIJOVAVNL27POPK3PFRY4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741103},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"But that was almost 10 years ago and for the past few years, I’ve been left with excess candy. Now I’m begging kids to take more than one piece."},{"_id":"MWFWOZIPTRC2LCA6F3UKRP5LKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":210,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1730218053667},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s Halloween again and while kids are gearing up for another season of trick-or-treating, not everyone is excited. Each year around this time, we debate whether trick-or-treating is dead, if it should be dead and if there should be an age limit on who can go."},{"_id":"36OISMKTHZBSJA6RYMOUCD2KEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730211803990},"type":"text","content":"I don’t think the tradition is dead, or that it should be dead, but I know that like many other rituals in American society, trick-or-treating is constantly evolving."},{"_id":"MKGHMFMRNBHGJFJDQWKC4TAJLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741106},"type":"text","content":"Halloween itself has been through many evolutions. It began as a Celtic pagan festival before the Catholic Church attempted to shift attention away from all things ghoulish or grotesque and place the focus on saints."},{"_id":"WIASNFZV7ZGHZNMUSVFSFLSDTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741107},"type":"text","content":"After arriving in America as a mashup of traditions, Halloween, at the start of the 20th century, moved away from the religious overtones and became a secular, community-focused celebration. 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Weather, other events like trunk-or-treating and safety concerns were cited as possible reasons for the decline."},{"_id":"G52DTRUOL5GVZM63LWAHMTXYF4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IMKHCJQ2LVBLDBXIEBUNJ2LSAI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Halloween 2024: What is the Teal Pumpkin Project and how can it save a kid?","url":"https://www.ajc.com/pulse/halloween-2024-what-is-teal-pumpkin-project-and-how-can-it-save-a-kid/SW4ICTRYKJAPPC2GXUSY22RHPM/"},{"_id":"SZNI2SFUQVGIZJCFJSHCXKEUOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741111},"type":"text","content":"Safety concerns are also the reason some adults have given up on handing out treats to Halloween tricksters."},{"_id":"SK65DYK7ZVCR5P2QGCUYPHPV3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741112},"type":"text","content":"“This is a different day and time when it comes to letting kids come to your front door,” said one resident of southeast Atlanta on a Nextdoor thread. “I stopped giving out candy years ago.”"},{"_id":"CX2SO3HUPJEANITIKXQFATE24M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741113},"type":"text","content":"Neighborhoods in the metro area that are considered safe get lots of traffic from trick-or-treaters, while neighborhoods that are considered less safe end up with a candy surplus."},{"_id":"G7B4BSXDEJAUFAY6BY7LC6RSN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741114},"type":"text","content":"Sometimes the difference is street level."},{"_id":"UYTWWD5UQ5HBNBNEN3VWLAT5X4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741115},"type":"text","content":"Grant Park is well-known for its robust trick-or-treating but the hot spots are within the boundaries of Hill Street, Ormond Street and Cherokee Avenue. Wander to the streets north of I-20 and you’ll find yourself in no man’s candy land."},{"_id":"4R3DQ2HISNDWTG23DJUMOCY6SQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741116},"type":"text","content":"Lately, I’ve noticed an increase in what I call “drive or treat” — adults inching the car down the street as kids jump out to ask for candy instead of parking and walking through the neighborhood."},{"_id":"357DHVDAYBBMJBCH7GZSRFXOO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":113,"comment":" trick or treating"}],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741119},"type":"text","content":"I thought of a recent Halloween when I dressed as the artist Frida Kahlo and saw a young girl in the same costume trick-or-treating with her family. We laughed and posed for a photo together."},{"_id":"ILMCCZNNIBCSNBGD63Z6Y7ALQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741120},"type":"text","content":"Despite Kahlo’s generally solemn gaze, I am smiling wide in that photo, thrilled by this shared moment that bridged the gap between strangers and generations. It never would have happened if I hadn’t dressed up and stepped outside to take my daughter trick-or-treating."},{"_id":"3GCGLS5B6JGPLL4YETX33YNEUU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741117},"type":"text","content":"Trick-or-treating isn’t for everyone, but for those of us who do engage, it can offer a sense of community. The act of spending an evening walking through neighborhoods, asking strangers for candy and doing it with our identities disguised requires a level of trust in other people."},{"_id":"PYFDB7U545EEZCSA2EYE4SVBFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741118},"type":"text","content":"That’s something we could use a lot more of these days."},{"_id":"357DHVDAYBBMJBCH7GZSRFXOO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":66,"comment":" and"}],"comments":[],"_id":1730210741119},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>), find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and X (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"Where are the trick-or-treaters in Atlanta? 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So moving to the next county or even to the next state is increasingly like trading one extreme weather event for one that feels less extreme — hurricanes for heat waves, storm surges for flash floods, large wildfires for smaller wildfires."},{"_id":"RCCOLGVJKRBP5PMCYQFQSCGALI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729165605270},"type":"text","content":"Atlanta recently became the sixth largest metro in the U.S. even without the anticipated climate migration, bringing added pressure to our ongoing infrastructure challenges — including inadequate water supply, troubled stormwater drainage, lack of affordable housing, underfunded and underperforming public transportation, and horrible traffic."},{"_id":"IVDMXHXMONG37PYFP556SXKLIU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"FRKCVEO7UFGS7JAARP7CZHB3QM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Winter is coming. 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All of these tasks are accomplished while the women are dressed in stylish clothing and wearing a full face of makeup."},{"_id":"LBBLRRWFTBE2XPIXLESTL2N63M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035374},"type":"text","content":"These trad wives, aka traditional wives, post content on social media platforms designed to celebrate the strict gender roles of yesteryear in 30-second clips that make the job of maintaining a home and raising children look not just inviting but easy. Sometimes that trip back in time is bolstered by religious and political commentary."},{"_id":"76ETTEXNZVGRLEVDS7OAC4B55Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035375},"type":"text","content":"My favorite trad wife to watch is Nara Smith, a model who is married to a Mormon model/actor. Smith doesn’t claim to be part of the trad wife trend but she is one of the most mentioned content creators whenever the topic of trad wives comes up."},{"_id":"YXCAFCSLDBEJ5A4NPOP6VIGWUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035376},"type":"text","content":"I am shocked and awed watching her make things like flaming hot Cheetos, bubble gum and hot dogs from scratch. She creates these meals and snacks with vague references to the number of hours required to prepare them and zero insight into how she manages to cook entire meals without getting a splash or splatter of food on her designer outfits."},{"_id":"HASL5XGDWFCNFCW26NG3JJCCNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035377},"type":"text","content":"No matter what she is doing, Smith is always camera ready but that’s not a big reach for a professional model. I wanted to know what it was like for other women who are embracing the trad wife life. When I Googled “trad wives in Georgia,” a few women popped up."},{"_id":"PR74JATS2BABDNB4MZZAUPF6OQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035378},"type":"text","content":"One woman who lives in Atlanta and recently left a job at Google to pursue the trad wife life, was not available for an interview. Another woman, Carly McCurry, 30, who spent five years teaching before deciding to stay at home last year when her daughter was born, agreed to chat with me."},{"_id":"6M4PYB673JA4BDMOJ5O4QW5JNE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035379},"type":"text","content":"McCurry doesn’t consider herself a trad wife but she has posted editorial content on the topic and is supportive of the trend. “I think it is an overall positive as long as you can understand that it is a very polished view of staying at home,” McCurry said when we talked by phone."},{"_id":"NN5TM5G2RZA5FKIYKFZM7QDUA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035380},"type":"text","content":"Among her friends, all college-educated women married to college-educated men, it has been a growing choice to not work outside the home and to focus on raising their children, McCurry said. Months after discovering that her newborn slept a lot, McCurry used her hours of free time to launch a digital publication, <a href=\"https://thecutenorthgeorgian.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cute North Georgian</a>, which offers curated experiences for locals in the area."},{"_id":"TCDA4M44E5EB3PYLFHWHZZVFYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035381},"type":"text","content":"When she and her husband made the lifestyle change from two incomes to one, it meant sacrificing vacations and restaurant meals, she said, “but it is sacrifice with a lowercase s.” McCurry said she and her friends fall in the middle to upper middle class income ranges. The decision for her to stay at home was an economic stopgap — the best daycares in Habersham County would have consumed half her salary, she said — and something she and her husband wanted."},{"_id":"6M4PYB673JA4BDMOJ5O4QW5JNE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035382},"type":"text","content":"If anything, the boom in trad wife content has made it easier for women to make the choice to stay at home while still earning money, McCurry said. And it has helped ease pressure on millennials who have no desire to be part of the “girlboss” movement that took hold in the ’90s and pushed young women to adopt a hustle mentality."},{"_id":"X3AAXVNKLFEWVODWQBJFEWA35M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035383},"type":"text","content":"I get that. These are the parts of the trad wife trend I support as well. What gives me pause is the unsettling feeling that the trend has also offered a convenient avenue for opportunists to push a singular view of what American families should be."},{"_id":"OKBBVLTFMVG6HG6KJJXYX572SA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035384},"type":"text","content":"Trad wives don’t exist in isolation. They have taken root at a time when women’s reproductive rights are under attack. It is a moment when we have a vice-presidential candidate who once proposed limiting the voting rights of anyone without children."},{"_id":"2H6U272PLNCFPKOVJ7XR6JCZ2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035385},"type":"text","content":"Co-opting the trad wife trend to elevate certain ideologies shifts our focus from continuing to push for policies that allow all women to have choices. It distracts us from closely examining how American society has failed women both in and outside of the workplace."},{"_id":"YX3RPOLIVRHGNE2CXPHRMKM6SI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035386},"type":"text","content":"On the surface, the trad wife movement is fun entertainment. On a deeper level, it feels like an alarm bell signaling that many women have lost faith in the possibility of a more egalitarian society."},{"_id":"KGA4SDVJMJA3TESSFDGJ4RK3J4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1729004442182},"type":"text","content":"Rather than fighting to change systemic issues such as the limited support for working families and persistent gender inequality — factors that are often at play in a woman’s decision to work or not work — we buy into an ideal that feels easier, simpler and less stressful, at least on social media."},{"_id":"5SX3OKVCIRANNMATCFYI47R2NI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035387},"type":"text","content":"But as Jane O’Reilly wrote in a 1972 essay for Ms. Magazine, women are not as far apart as they may think they are. “In the end, we are all housewives, the natural people to turn to when there is something unpleasant, inconvenient or inconclusive to be done,” O’Reilly wrote. “It will not do for women who have jobs to pretend that society’s ills will be cured if all women are gainfully employed.”"},{"_id":"PD2NNF6G3RBHZHKFZGTUNOIXAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035388},"type":"text","content":"Or conversely, if all women stayed at home with their kids."},{"_id":"WE2GCUAXLBHLDLXFCED4BDEATA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1728959035389},"type":"text","content":"If the trad wife trend helps women who want to stay home with their children feel more empowered to do so, that’s a good thing. 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But it turned out, neither city felt like a place they wanted to live long term."},{"_id":"QYZI3AUWMJAEBCZ4KU376H3PZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2024-10-01T18:05:27.126Z","replies":[],"start":261,"end":263,"text":"added comma here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}]},"type":"text","content":"So they shelved the idea until 2020 when the political rancor roared back. During a relaxing retreat, they compiled a list of 10 cities aligned with their values and desired lifestyle, then planned to visit each city over a decade. But a visit to Merida, Yucatan, in Mexico spurred them into action."},{"_id":"MP6CINPLCVDV7E662Q3LCJVNGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Instead of waiting, in April, the couple relocated from Alabama to the town where they are now one of two expat families. And they used all of their research to start a business that helps other Americans plan how to leave the country."},{"_id":"RUILD4DXTBGIHJW4SWC45J7P4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":118,"comment":"cofounder ","type":"insert","user":"","email":""}],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Americans do not have this legacy of immigrating. There isn’t institutional knowledge of where to go,” said Barnett, co-founder of Expatsi which organizes tours for Americans who want assistance with researching where to live outside of the U.S."},{"_id":"SUPKLQHDOVF4LNMAQBBQP7MQRQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"MZ5X4RFLABFKZI5M4OMI5S7OFM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Are you stressed about the election? You’re not alone. 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They have generally been older and wealthier but, in recent years, more younger Americans are also looking to make a permanent move out of the country."},{"_id":"Y2XPTNV6SREQVHSZYGQGQCHCZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In a survey from <a href=\"http://howdy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Howdy.com</a>, 69% of Gen Z and Millennial Americans said they think other countries have a better quality of life than the U.S. Some said they feel trapped in the U.S. and no longer view the country as a global leader. 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The general discourse in the country, the divisive politics, the 24-hour news cycle and the lack of safety rank high among the reasons Americans choose to live abroad. Another big driver is economics."},{"_id":"CYXC2LJDVJD3XNAWWVPZPHZ3IY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“The quality of life and the cost of living has changed a lot in the last 15 to 20 years. European destinations are more affordable, not just on holiday,” Ingrim said. “What you can afford and experience daily, even if you are retired, is better than most medium-sized cities in the U.S.”"},{"_id":"EY62N2QZX5D6TDSNDCPJFRUG3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The more reasonable cost of living in other countries has led more middle-income Americans and more families with children to consider relocating abroad, he said. There have also been significant numbers of people who feel marginalized in the U.S. looking for community and belonging in other countries."},{"_id":"22UFUFARWVH3VGP54YPD7JUOJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“In our practice, you have a disproportionately high number of people who are LGBTQ+, minorities, or … immigrants to the U.S. who have decided to leave after 20 to 30 years in the U.S.,” Ingrim said."},{"_id":"WZI63MZKVREW3K5LYVPXHJTKNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"People from groups that feel vulnerable, and a sense of uncertainty about their rights and personal lives have said those feelings led them to explore the path of leaving, according to Ingrim."},{"_id":"6BJNHOTWTNCJ5PA6VYX6UACK7Q","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IUY32RTWLVG6XHAXDVXCGZKRKI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"OPINION: For some Atlanta residents, the new American dream isn’t always in America","url":"https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-for-some-atlanta-residents-the-new-american-dream-isnt-always-in-america/DRIJMEQC5JBLJGYQL5O44GHSJY/"},{"_id":"LOTZU2JVDNBGREUIBI7MCNFWJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":241,"comment":"Millenials ","type":"insert","user":"","email":""}],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Though the upcoming election may seem like the catalyst sparking current conversations about relocation, anyone who uses a single election as the basis for deciding to leave the country probably won’t find much peace abroad. Among Gen Z and Millennials, 27% said they would leave the country and live abroad if Donald Trump wins while 21% said they would leave if Kamala Harris wins."},{"_id":"YRRNT5XFEJDVXIXMH72YKPPM7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Leaving the country has been an ongoing topic of conversation with several of my friends but to date only one has relocated outside of the U.S. Two months ago, Sarah moved from Atlanta to Portugal with her family. She sends regular dispatches sharing everything from school news to instructions on how to order coffee in the local cafes. Friends have commented that she and her family look happier than ever."},{"_id":"V5OW5HAXDJGJZJEDZQMP7MFX6A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I love this for her, but at the same time, I hate that life outside of America feels like the best and healthiest option for a growing number of Americans."},{"_id":"3A6IKI4AG5EFBD57HNQVWH7S3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Americans leaving America to live abroad for adventure and personal growth feels good. 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Increasingly, the weather in Georgia and the southeast makes states near the Great Lakes look like a climatological paradise."},{"_id":"CACLU7LUA5FY7B5GO7635GOSMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933202},"type":"text","content":"This summer, heat indexes across the south — in southeast Alabama, Florida’s Panhandle and South Georgia — reached 111 degrees and in the future that could regularly exceed 130 degrees, according to climate models."},{"_id":"LDX3VBCHO5EF5GD6HMZFHPFETE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933203},"type":"text","content":"While hurricanes may or may not increase in number, they have already increased in intensity and they travel at slower speeds leaving more damage in their wake, say climate scientists. Marshall noted that hurricane conditions are flowing into inland areas more frequently rather than only impacting coastal areas."},{"_id":"HXSZWQ6645AFXNQ2JVMHW4SDJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933204},"type":"text","content":"So I understand why Marshall sounds frustrated when people question the forecasting of meteorologists. It is difficult to give accurate messaging when competing with rampant cynicism, complacency and optimism bias, he said. “I urge everyone in potentially affected regions to resist the urge to ignore these warnings or view them as hype,” Marshall wrote Wednesday in a column for Forbes Magazine."},{"_id":"GBMWWBXNCBB45OROCBKHONS3G4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933205},"type":"text","content":"Weather events are changing in Georgia and the southeast and our attitudes about them must change as well. 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I had listened to weather forecasts and while I was concerned, I wasn’t convinced I needed to do much more than locate a flashlight and batteries."},{"_id":"D3U6CHQTGRGELLG2LVQDW72J4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933209},"type":"text","content":"Weaving through the aisles of Target, I tossed random items into my cart. Then I ran into my neighbors. We laughed that we were buying junk food and wine, then the conversation turned serious."},{"_id":"NCWWF4RASJASLG7HCWRVHFNIFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933210},"type":"text","content":"“Hey, I think that tree may come down,” my neighbor Mary said."},{"_id":"MXP5XALRRBCEDO3QP6RI3IGXDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727390950596},"type":"text","content":"She was talking about the giant oak tree between their front yard and my driveway. On the outside, the tree, which I secretly named Bessie, was worn and weary but still stood high above our homes shielding us from summer’s heat."},{"_id":"5EGEUXYT4ZBXZG4ISJH4CDS6Z4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933211},"type":"text","content":"Mary offered to let me park my car in their driveway just in case. I declined."},{"_id":"MFW5OMOL6REGDIERZPUA6M2FUA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933212},"type":"text","content":"We parted ways and went home to wait."},{"_id":"GVO2ZBMUVNAUHIWIMKNHWBJB6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933213},"type":"text","content":"My daughter and I were sitting in the living room listening to music and playing a game when we noticed the wind and rain had grown stronger. About 15 minutes later, we heard a rumbling sound, like a dozen Hurby Curbies blowing down the street. We ran to the window, certain that someone had lost their trash cans in the wind."},{"_id":"BC4XBE7YWNHOHMYOXQWDSWQST4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933214},"type":"text","content":"All we saw was a thick curtain of branches and leaves stretched across the driveway and the front lawn. Mary’s warnings had been prophetic."},{"_id":"MWZZGD7LS5D7ZO2NSY4BGOM2TA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933215},"type":"text","content":"Bessie looked strong on the outside, but inside she was hollow and her weakened trunk couldn’t withstand the 65 mph winds Irma threw her way. Bessie’s limbs were tangled in the power lines and she hit the ground with enough force to knock the water line loose as well."},{"_id":"727USXIJPJA47JVT42ZXFKNUDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933216},"type":"text","content":"We did not have electricity. We did not have water. My car was totaled and my daughter was in tears. Despite fair warnings from meteorologists and my neighbor, I had been caught off guard."},{"_id":"ZUWQTO3OE5D7ZHZ4GJEZXJZXVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933217},"type":"text","content":"Neighbors streamed outside to help. They called the police and the power company and offered us shelter until the storm ended. The next 48 hours were a blur."},{"_id":"V77GZ3TYNRDMTENCOPVQSUGTWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933218},"type":"text","content":"It would take weeks for me to get everything straightened out — insurance claims, tree removal, new plumbing, a massive water bill — but I was grateful that we hadn’t suffered more damage and loss."},{"_id":"JYEPYD5YL5BFXKAVEV2HKP22EY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727385933219},"type":"text","content":"I have empathy for anyone who suffers the devastating impact of a hurricane. 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It’s alarming that anyone could speak such drivel, particularly a presidential candidate, but this is the bar we’ve set."},{"_id":"3MJ3BEK4M5C5NPFI74SCSEJZNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054850},"type":"text","content":"Community members and faith leaders gathered over the weekend at several events in Springfield designed to bring residents together. At these events, locals expressed support for the Haitian community amid the ill will that has been thrown their way for two weeks."},{"_id":"C4LOYH3QU5APPF2ALDLNXVKOCE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054851},"type":"text","content":"Some residents helped raise money for the migrants or patronized Haitian-owned businesses in solidarity. 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Some stories have documented their efforts to work hard and gain a foothold in America while escaping instability in their country. The stories are meant to engender feelings of empathy and reflect a community that has embraced American values, but these stories won’t do much to change the viewpoints of people who believe the rumors they are hearing."},{"_id":"OXRDCZNVXRCSPGTVZVETHQGHZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054858},"type":"text","content":"Adam Berinsky, a political scientist from MIT and author of “Political Rumors,” said more political elites than ever before are using rumors as weapons. And while it isn’t easy to combat the problem, he said, we can start thinking about the solution in a different way. When trying to debunk political rumors we should focus on the messenger and not the message, he said in an interview with MIT News."},{"_id":"ZV4K4COPGVECHOGA552LMJGEFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054859},"type":"text","content":"Getting to the truth involves more than providing accurate information from neutral, trusted sources, Berinsky found in his research. It requires someone to step up and tell the truth even when the truth doesn’t serve their own perceived self-interest."},{"_id":"2FJRGZDVUVC27KPZFIOFYTYFZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054860},"type":"text","content":"I was encouraged when I spied a recent op-ed in The New York Times from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. His words extolled the virtues of his hometown, noted that the Haitian migrants arrived legally and want to work and he shared insights gained during his numerous travels to Haiti."},{"_id":"7ODXTAMRMREOLGEH2QDLDIEKXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054861},"type":"text","content":"He also described some of the very real issues the city has faced as it tries to absorb thousands of immigrants. But only one sentence was devoted to calling out Vance and Trump for their bad behavior, and it was a softball. DeWine said he was saddened by “how they and others continue to repeat claims that lack evidence and disparage the legal migrants living in Springfield.”"},{"_id":"TQECP2I24REB7PXCRC3G7PCOGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054862},"type":"text","content":"Politicians play an important role in shaping public beliefs, and when they aren’t behaving responsibly they should be held accountable, especially by their peers. It’s not enough for DeWine and Rue to politely ask Trump and Vance to stop reinforcing the rumor. The Ohio government officials have a clear self-interest in preserving order in their state and city, respectively."},{"_id":"UBYQ6I6XCVB23FAWCJNYUN6KU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":3,"comment":"squash"}],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054863},"type":"text","content":"To quash this rumor, political leaders who have something to lose need to step up and speak up. Because right now, an ’80s R&B song is offering more direction to the country than the elected officials we look to for guidance."},{"_id":"4CEPMNHT3ZBBHOOFBCWCWE3EZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1727186054864},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>) and find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and X (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"As Springfield, Ohio, grapples with baseless rumors about Haitian migrants eating residents' pets, the call for political accountability grows."},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion/columnists","parent":{"default":"/opinion"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/opinion","name":"AJC Columnists","description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion/columnists","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/opinion","default":"/opinion","MainMenu2024":"/opinion","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"/opinion"},"site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"AJC Columnists"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"AJC Columnists"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"AJC Columnists","_id":"/opinion/columnists","ancestors":{"MainMenu2024":["/","/opinion"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"ComposerNav":["/opinion"]},"order":{"MainMenu2024":2002,"SectionMap":1068,"ComposerNav":2003}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion/columnists","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","Sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1008,"SectionMap":1086,"ComposerNav":1011}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion/columnists","name":"AJC Columnists"},"tags":[{"text":"lifestyle"},{"text":"atlanta-news-metro.ajc"},{"text":"real life blog"},{"text":"teamdan"},{"text":"UATL"},{"text":"opinion"}]},"label":{"tease_label":{"display":true,"text":"OPINION"},"custom_label":{"display":true,"text":"Real Life with Nedra Rhone"}},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"type":"reference"}},"canonical_url":"/opinion/columnists/rhone-to-end-political-rumors-look-to-the-messenger-not-the-message/DVH3L2TAORHY5BPBOWTYVB7D3E/","canonical_website":"ajc","display_date":"2024-09-25T09:00:00Z","credits":{"by":[{"image":{"version":"0.5.8","url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/ajc/98f2f50c-d4da-49ae-9bde-27e4311ab5ad.png"},"socialLinks":[{"site":"email","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"nedra.rhone@ajc.com"},{"site":"twitter","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc"}],"social_links":[{"site":"email","url":"nedra.rhone@ajc.com"},{"site":"twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc"}],"name":"Nedra Rhone","description":"Nedra Rhone is a lifestyle columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where she has been a reporter since 2006. 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But each year when Banned Books Week rolls around, the team at the Brookhaven bookstore goes on a shopping spree."},{"_id":"R5WPGINGBBE2NGYH5PMRO4UNGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726762212805},"type":"text","content":"“The only new books we buy are banned books,” said Michele Bolgla."},{"_id":"KB3XFIAZOFGNVEJFKWEUUIWXRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":9,"comment":"Today (for print)"}],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919368},"type":"text","content":"Sept. 22 marks the start of Banned Books Week and Bolgla said they are 100% determined to keep books on the banned list in stock. Customers love to see the display in the front of the store, she said, and they spend time examining and commenting on every book."},{"_id":"XUUMXSDN6RHZVMRG2X4SVVO6UI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919369},"type":"text","content":"“They say: ‘I had to read that in school. 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Columbia County."},{"_id":"WD6NVQF3ZFF5ZKNBNVPZUS5X5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919372},"type":"text","content":"Name a county in Georgia and there is a good chance that someone, most often guided by an advocacy group known as Moms for Liberty, is trying to restrict, remove or relocate from the shelves of school or public libraries a book they’ve deemed controversial."},{"_id":"AZLUFSRJMVAD3PRYQ6J3GNOKHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919373},"type":"text","content":"More than 4,000 books were targeted for removal from schools and libraries in 2023, according to the American Library Association, an increase of 65% from the previous year."},{"_id":"NHF2APPHCFBXBLDN4DJMDDOCBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919374},"type":"text","content":"Georgia residents have debated the tomfoolery of banning books, particularly when there are greater threats to children’s well-being."},{"_id":"DQGFPYD5LZHFPAYFW2UGHUMJRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919375},"type":"text","content":"“How can you ban books but not guns?”"},{"_id":"LKK7WDGDV5G7VJR4JYXQJROJJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919376},"type":"text","content":"“How can you ban books but not smartphones?”"},{"_id":"5EGGPEMDXJDTDMXEPCOIZZNTQE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919377},"type":"text","content":"Readers of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have asked these questions, but I believe deep inside they already know the answer: none of this book-banning is really about protecting children."},{"_id":"3KEIFGZME5HHZIP6T4GTU62I4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919378},"type":"text","content":"As I wrote three years ago in this column, one study among the minimal research that has been done on banned books shows that reading banned books does not correlate to children committing crimes and does correlate to children being more interested in politics, elections and charitable causes."},{"_id":"BM4Z6QBACZA6FOI75XEL64B2NA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"7NPPY255HZGQLNXQASV4Y4TVEY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"OPINION: Does reading banned books negatively impact young readers?","url":"https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-does-reading-banned-books-negatively-impact-young-readers/GSTFO7YCN5DFHEGMHT6IFHQRW4/"},{"_id":"UTNOHYOXCVB3TJLOAP4V26UPHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919379},"type":"text","content":"So the parents lobbying to ban books in their schools and communities are positioning their children to be less politically curious and less charitable toward others."},{"_id":"EVBDDSTHAJAXFJRVOKRHKRJBOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919380},"type":"text","content":"Sadly, that tracks in this current political climate."},{"_id":"MD36NXACG5AZLPMBD6272FM6YM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919381},"type":"text","content":"We also can’t dismiss student performance on the most recent state assessment tests."},{"_id":"LI2MX2XTVNCCLKOUPI666PEWTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919382},"type":"text","content":"Students in third grade, the grade at which reading proficiency is considered a milestone for future success, was the one grade that posted a decline in English Language Arts scores."},{"_id":"3OUUF23AKJGLLNE6PJO6OFVJAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919383},"type":"text","content":"All grades tested, except fifth and sixth grades, saw declines in reading scores."},{"_id":"QQTLMWX5NNEVPBIOBC7T2JAKOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919384},"type":"text","content":"Many book challenges focus on titles written for children and young adults who need reading material that captures their interests and attention. Reducing the range of reading material available to children and teens struggling to read seems to defy reason, but again … priorities."},{"_id":"OKEXMMITQJHB5BHYVVC6LUYGAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919385},"type":"text","content":"You only need one look at the titles of 2023′s most challenged books to read between these lines."},{"_id":"76YT6XVMIFHFDB3P5JXJHN3VXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919386},"type":"text","content":"“Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe was challenged 106 times."},{"_id":"X2DYBTONGNEATO3JW7CVF7M5OM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919387},"type":"text","content":"“All Boys aren’t Blue,” by George M. 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Many challenged or banned books are not reported to the American Library Association, which compiles the annual list based on reports from librarians, community members and media coverage."},{"_id":"3TY3T5G2WRDZJJF6R7LHOCUI3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919391},"type":"text","content":"In Marietta, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” was removed from the approved book list for eighth graders for alleged sexual content, said Superintendent Grant Rivera in a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/bookshelf-lines-are-drawn-in-the-battle-over-book-bans/JI7LWMCQAFF5VIWZLQZCJCVJZI/\" target=\"_blank\">recent AJC story</a>."},{"_id":"OK5SLI5LURFP3DAXLTMHF54ZJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919392},"type":"text","content":"I racked my brain to recall any sexual content in that book and all I could come up with was Douglass alluding to the rape of Black women by white slave owners."},{"_id":"NE7HMIKC4BDZ5GJS4AQRSIR3RI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919393},"type":"text","content":"That is not sexually explicit. That’s facts."},{"_id":"Y6J3KGMMBNBTHEJZ3JDAXUY2OY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919394},"type":"text","content":"Marietta schools also banned “Little Rock Girl 1957,” by Shelley Tougas; a book centered on the iconic photo of Elizabeth Eckford integrating Central High School as an angry white teen screams at her back; and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot which details the life of a Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without consent at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951 and are responsible for medical innovations, including cancer research, sequencing the human genome and polio and COVID-19 vaccines."},{"_id":"CWHR4OBPTNHJLC2RSDBSFNPSEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919395},"type":"text","content":"Again, I’m sensing a theme here and it has nothing to do with sex."},{"_id":"NZVYKI6LTJDCDNMSZ633L5EAVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919396},"type":"text","content":"The Columbia County Library Advisory Board has spent months changing policies and setting new guidelines for the placement of books in the library, said resident Andy Mueller."},{"_id":"QIB6HRRMRJAF7BLXTJIDO56LIQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919397},"type":"text","content":"According to the advisory board, appropriate content for ages 11-14 should include “violence level similar to a Star Wars movie” and “scare factor similar to a Harry Potter movie.”"},{"_id":"PJY4M7BBMZHSNIUEWM5YND2USA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919398},"type":"text","content":"Forget reading. 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County staff are rating books according to the new guidelines, reviewing books that are not yet rated and developing a list to move any books they feel do not belong in juvenile or young adult sections."},{"_id":"HUIEMJKD3FHPJF6AITY7KPU5YM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919401},"type":"text","content":"That sounds like a lot of busy work for nothing."},{"_id":"XW5B54UMXZB35J22H47BEFWUV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726753919402},"type":"text","content":"Some states are pushing back against book bans by restricting bans based on content or ideological objections. These laws also ensure that key decisions about books in public or school libraries are made by licensed, trained and degree-holding library professionals — not politicians, not people appointed by politicians and definitely not by parents."},{"_id":"4CEPMNHT3ZBBHOOFBCWCWE3EZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726670287499},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>) and find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and X (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion/columnists","parent":{"default":"/opinion"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/opinion","name":"AJC Columnists","description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion/columnists","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/opinion","default":"/opinion","MainMenu2024":"/opinion","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"/opinion"},"site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"AJC Columnists"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"AJC Columnists"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"AJC Columnists","_id":"/opinion/columnists","ancestors":{"MainMenu2024":["/","/opinion"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"ComposerNav":["/opinion"]},"order":{"MainMenu2024":2002,"SectionMap":1068,"ComposerNav":2003}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion/columnists","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1008,"SectionMap":1086,"ComposerNav":1011}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion/columnists","name":"AJC Columnists"},"tags":[{"text":"lifestyle"},{"text":"atlanta-news-metro.ajc"},{"text":"real life blog"},{"text":"teamdan"},{"text":"UATL"},{"text":"opinion"}]},"label":{"tease_label":{"display":true,"text":"Opinion"},"custom_label":{"display":true,"text":"Real Life with Nedra Rhone"}},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"e04d604553f1b7e06e1bea754378ff3285cc0b3959787143fe949ceb1520c7aa"},"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"name":"AJC ","type":"author","byline":"AJC "}]},"subtitle":"Cobb bans 13 more books from school libraries","width":1500,"caption":"Cobb County Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced the removal of 13 more books from school libraries, just two weeks into the new academic year. 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Sometimes his record is conflicting, but any contradictions that might seem to reflect evolved thinking about race generally resulted in some type of personal gain."},{"_id":"KA6NVICR4FDORBM77UN5BYXPPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1726072782299},"type":"text","content":"It’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae of race and politics — these are ties that run deep in America. 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The tour had previously been postponed after Hill said she was struggling with vocal strain."},{"_id":"IPVNCDFOZFAQDMEYP5SVFW2PAE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746776},"type":"text","content":"Initial reports said the latest cancellation was not due to poor ticket sales. But then in a social media post, Hill offered a more transparent explanation, saying the reason was poor ticket sales due to media “sensationalism and clickbait headlines.”"},{"_id":"KGGNZZGJG5D2PKIK4XOHEVYNGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746777},"type":"text","content":"Bandmate Pras Michel quickly challenged that claim with a track teased days later on his Instagram stories, “No one will remember: click bait beefs, how many Gucci bags you owned, bogus excuses. People will remember: How you made them feel, if you kept your word, if they could count on you, if you come on Time!!!”"},{"_id":"5OTSKXB4GRAVRHVPF5PCVAHU3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746778},"type":"text","content":"There have always been questionable reasons for tour cancellations that leave fans suspicious. Like the time in 1988 when Mötley Crüe canceled tour dates in the United Kingdom ostensibly because snow on arena roofs created unsafe conditions. Fans soon learned the real reason was bassist Nikki Sixx overdosed on heroin. Sixx wrote a song about it on the band’s next album, and I’m sure true Crueheads forgave the subterfuge."},{"_id":"7UUPE4U3HZGTZFBNEHV72RDD34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746779},"type":"text","content":"Most fans are willing to give artists a pass for shows that are canceled or postponed due to health concerns or injury, but fans always deserve more than a far-fetched cover story hatched in the eleventh hour to mask low ticket sales."},{"_id":"FVU3GOTTQFDQNIGDLFARUXEM3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746780},"type":"text","content":"“It is not fair to fans to be left with the expectation that something is going to happen and then it gets pulled out from under you,” said Ruggieri, who wondered why J. 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Lo told fans she needed to spend time with family, but previous reports indicated that the tour, a showcase for the lowest charting album of her career, wasn’t selling."},{"_id":"7AXZQRRIW5EEVDPS5LY4VNQPIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746783},"type":"text","content":"“Everybody looks at Mick Jagger and says, you can do it so I can do it too,” said Ruggieri, “but there is only one Mick Jagger and I think we have seen it is hard to emulate what he does.”"},{"_id":"RLWHTAD2RZBYDKTD7EF6COLH7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1724163746784},"type":"text","content":"For musicians, touring is a way of life and it is a big part of how they forge an identity and connection with fans. 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The protest organizers want to demonstrate closer to the United Center than the current permits allow. A federal judge on Tuesday denied the organizers’ request, saying city officials are not violating their First Amendment rights. "},{"_id":"5D4KOQYYQNHUBPLRNUIV373X2U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976536},"type":"text","content":"This is where I should mention that I am a native of Chicago. We’re a friendly bunch but we are also pretty tough. We have a lot of pride, which is part of how the city earned its Windy City nickname back in the late 1800s. It is both a literal reference to the weather and a metaphorical reference to our boastful nature."},{"_id":"5BIBQMKNYFBZHG4ENKPE5SDJYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976537},"type":"text","content":"I was born a few years after the infamous 1968 convention, but the historic moment was part of the local lore passed from one generation to the next. 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It was under his tenure that Chicago had its first opportunity to right the wrongs of 1968 when the Democratic National Convention returned in 1996."},{"_id":"5UD2SFMGZFDEJC7LUTMQOXFC24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":167,"comment":"‘"}],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976539},"type":"text","content":"Chicago had once been a hot spot for political conventions, hosting 24 Democratic and Republican conventions from 1860 to 1968. After the notorious turn of events in ’68, the city’s popularity as a destination for political conventions waned. No one, it seemed, wanted to court disaster by holding a convention in Chicago. When the Democratic National Convention returned in 1996, the moment was relatively uneventful, but Chicago’s reputation for political upheaval has persisted."},{"_id":"A6ZDB3II4BAE5BHCAGCR5F24GI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976540},"type":"text","content":"Organizers planning to protest during this year’s convention have expressed concerns about how the Chicago Police Department will respond. Some groups, citing images of people in the streets getting beaten by police officers in 1968, have held safety training sessions in case everything goes sideways."},{"_id":"B7X2HOPRZ5AGVOQKXNSW75FWHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2024-08-13T16:52:56.099Z","start":113,"end":115,"text":"added the before king's name","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1723555976541},"type":"text","content":"But the political climate of 1968 was something of an anomaly. The nation was on edge after the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy and the rising opposition to the Vietnam War under the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. These events compounded the divisions in the Democratic Party and across the country. It was, according to some historians, one of the most tumultuous moments in modern American history."},{"_id":"66VG6VUTTJFXTL6QF2PSY47TSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":17,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976542},"type":"text","content":"Some would argue we are approximating similar levels of discord in 2024, but there are important differences. U.S. engagement in Gaza hasn’t led to drafting troops and sending them directly into war, and there isn’t likely to be much debate about who will become the Democratic presidential nominee."},{"_id":"FQM4OGXDSVDN5OV2JZW5UDXWXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":171,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1723559206750},"type":"text","content":"Though he wasn’t sure he would be able to attend the convention in Chicago, Sen. Jon Ossoff noted in comments to my colleague Taylor Croft at a Monday event in Cobb County the strong level of support Harris has garnered, even across party lines."},{"_id":"QH2S6SSPTVGNRPIOSLFOLK2VIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":174,"comment":"Lieutenant Governor "},{"pos":212,"comment":"Vice President’s "},{"pos":251,"comment":"Vice President’s "}],"comments":[],"_id":1723559206751},"type":"text","content":"“What I’ve seen in Georgia is that the vice president and her running mate are building a very broad coalition here. Just consider the fact that we had the Republican former lieutenant governor of Georgia at the vice president’s rally in Atlanta. The vice president’s coalition in Georgia extends far beyond just the Democratic Party,” he said."},{"_id":"CFPO7BJGYNCZDKX3NEZ5EHOQ7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976543},"type":"text","content":"Still, we are in a moment where we know something important is on the horizon."},{"_id":"6QMHAA47KVGFZI7XJL2KNHSHVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976544},"type":"text","content":"In an interview with National Public Radio, Anthony Michael Kreis, a constitutional law professor and political scientist at Georgia State University College of Law, said that both 1968 and 2024 are “pivotal moments in the sense that I think people’s sense of real changes are afoot.”"},{"_id":"S3BFY6VWVVE57AOVN3IB7SKXYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723555976545},"type":"text","content":"“But you really can’t compare, I think, aptly, a handful of very important, salient, deeply divisive 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A number of applicants indicated the bike would be their primary mode of transportation, according to data from Atlanta Regional Commission."},{"_id":"7IJMNLFUGNA6NLX45WZMWCIHAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723124252139},"type":"text","content":"But on the recent state report card from Bicycle Friendly America, Georgia failed on an important measure of evaluation and planning which includes safety, guidance on bicycle fatalities, data collection on bicycling and public engagement of people who ride bikes."},{"_id":"J2EJZNYCKFAZJN5GRPURPVGRXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723124252140},"type":"text","content":"Devine said the state has made some strides in safety, including a 2021 update to the safe passing law which now requires drivers to change lanes if traffic conditions permit when passing a biker. If the driver can’t change lanes, they must reduce their speed to 10 miles below the posted speed limit, or 25 mph, whichever is greater. They must also give at least three feet of clearance when passing."},{"_id":"JED6TXC63FFURFQM3QOI6LLP2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723124252141},"type":"text","content":"I’m willing to bet there are plenty of drivers who are unaware of this update. 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The compromise was to add bike lanes,” said Ho, who is currently<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-cyclists-warn-of-high-speed-e-bikes-dangers/ABHXIGWWDFC7NCFUBAYFIAO6RY/\" target=\"_blank\"> pushing an effort to regulate high velocity e-bikes on biking paths</a>."},{"_id":"Q4VPQK5ZANGUPN4QV4FSK7YWEQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"MBDMSUM7PJA7DJQUOCCRV257YQ"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Atlanta cyclists warn of high-speed e-bike dangers","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-cyclists-warn-of-high-speed-e-bikes-dangers/ABHXIGWWDFC7NCFUBAYFIAO6RY/"},{"_id":"R2SGAUSINZCYLAOKPQ7ZARCOWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1723132529411},"type":"text","content":"Devine said another area of advocacy is expanding current legislation which outlines the penalties for drivers who kill or seriously injure a bike rider. 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Each time I happened upon another portion of Intrenchment Creek, which is a tributary of the South River, I wondered why I didn’t know more about the river and its significance in Atlanta."},{"_id":"H2E6HYGMYJC3PJ2XVMO2J6EBOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530421},"type":"text","content":"Back in my days as an environmental reporter, I met Heather Hansman, a fellow journalist who had a similar obsession with the Green River. It’s a tributary of the Colorado River. Hansman, who has been rafting since she was a teen, set off to navigate part of the river to learn more about it."},{"_id":"MUURXQS6EJCN7EDIA5EOQVH2SM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530422},"type":"text","content":"She shared her observations about how the river impacts those who live nearby in the book “Down River,” which I found inspirational. I wanted to travel the length of the South River in a similar manner. 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She was feeding her kids on a Saturday afternoon when she regaled me with stories about the first day in the water — a 5-mile trip during which they had to get in and out of the kayaks about 60 times because the water levels varied and the course was filled with obstacles. Even with the challenges, Parish saw early in their journey the potential for reconnecting people to the river."},{"_id":"LG7ZYPTN4JCWBHSHG4I45BX3CU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530425},"type":"text","content":"“We talk about water in Atlanta as if it is a problem, but people aren’t very far away from being in relationship with it, and that is something I got to see throughout the whole trip, particularly in Atlanta, where people were excited to learn about this river they knew nothing about,” Parish said."},{"_id":"66T65I55NJDPZLVQQPRCVPB3WQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530426},"type":"text","content":"City design has physically turned us away from the South River, sending it into hidden spaces where we often only discover it by surprise. As artists, Parish and Sunde felt they could bring a different type of attention to the water and invite people to view it in new and interesting ways."},{"_id":"WYZ6KYRAQNEFVESVKAV636UVD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530433},"type":"text","content":"Using their learnings and experiences from the trip, they will create several art installations to debut this fall. This isn’t just an opportunity for education. It is, in many ways, a call to action — a reminder to the people that the river can only thrive when they foster a connection to it. Recreational engagement with the South River is what will bring it out of the shadows and force local and state agencies to ensure it is healthy and protected."},{"_id":"SNJM64KGMBFO5OMSADT4IBA5FY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530427},"type":"text","content":"The South River originates in East Point and runs 60 miles southeast through Atlanta before emptying into Jackson Lake. It is a headwater of the largest freshwater system in the state of Georgia, flowing to the Ocmulgee, which becomes the Altahama."},{"_id":"GKP5XEBWBJDH5OBSEEDWY7Z324","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530430},"type":"text","content":"People’s engagement with the South River changes as it flows. In the urban areas, the relationship is often clouded by pollution and secrecy. Downstream from Atlanta, more people interact with the water. But, even in rural areas, there isn’t a lot of public access, said Spalding, who spent five days on the trip with Parish and Sunde."},{"_id":"ZZE5YHRPGZGEFKZ7AGJGDBEWYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530429},"type":"text","content":"The SRWA has an ongoing project to create a system of trailheads with parking and access ramps at different points along the South River. About 13 miles of the South River have already been upgraded to recreational status, which raises the standard for protection. SRWA plans to extend the system to the entire 40 miles of the South River that are navigable. Doing that will take time, money and a coalition of partners, as well as projects like “Atlanta to the Atlantic,” which encourage public support."},{"_id":"WYZ6KYRAQNEFVESVKAV636UVD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530433},"type":"text","content":"Parish says the art installations — to be placed in Kirkwood Urban Forest, Arthur Langford Jr. Park and Perkerson Park — will offer spaces where people can have a proximal relationship with water. The artists will use natural and found materials in a strong and inviting color palette to create spaces for people to reflect on and listen to the water."},{"_id":"7NWKZSEGS5EIBKAFMSF57PKGEA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1722251530435},"type":"text","content":"When more people connect or reconnect to the water, it will improve the quality and care of the river. 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In conceding defeat to Trump, she told her supporters, “I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but someday someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think right now.”"},{"_id":"4ACOY7G4YZAH5HYGZY7Q6XMEV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721821945397},"type":"text","content":"Though we haven’t broken that glass ceiling, many other countries have."},{"_id":"RRLCB452OFHKXPRGH4AU3BUZYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721822680644},"type":"text","content":"In total, 59 United Nations member countries have had a woman as the head of government since 1960, when Sri Lanka became the first."},{"_id":"LK7AWJISXNG7BGMVYJQJHTON3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721821945398},"type":"text","content":"But some of us still can’t see past gender. In Harris’ favor is the fact that “Clinton has already kind of tilled the ground a bit,” Gillespie said."},{"_id":"4PZUJVMFBBFO7HACGOQ3KPBM4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721852795891},"type":"text","content":"Harris certainly has her own hurdles to overcome — polling numbers that are not much higher than Biden’s, a track record from her days as prosecutor that leaves some voters worried, and a tenure as vice president that has some would- be supporters wondering who she is and what she is capable of."},{"_id":"R7WTAKNVNRFFDFH6SZZ43UUTBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721821945404},"type":"text","content":"But already, she has racked up delegates, and campaign contributions have surged."},{"_id":"T3TH3DQTXVDSNCWKOAJICLHPLM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721821945407},"type":"text","content":"Should Harris become the democratic nominee, she will have to choose a running mate. 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We may never fully understand the motivations of the 20-year-old man who decided to climb to the top of a building in Pennsylvania on July 13 and take a shot at the Republican nominee. But we should all acknowledge that we are living in a climate in this country in which political violence is unsurprising, maybe even foreseeable."},{"_id":"2BDI6A22R5BVBIE4ZNF6MF2GRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721681274931},"type":"text","content":"Yet,<b> </b>calls for unity seem disingenuous when, in the very next breath, before the facts are in, our political leaders cast blame on “the other side” for creating a certain atmosphere. We say political violence is un-American, but it barely registers with some of us when there are verbal threats against our perceived political enemies. 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Now that Biden has decided at the eleventh hour to step down and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement, the vitriol isn’t likely to lessen."},{"_id":"2OZI7C3PXBEZJONIW7B26RWHMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721678760623},"type":"text","content":"Insults have become part of the game among politicians who hold different ideologies. And that has set the standard for us to do the same. But some of us take it to another level. Those insults can make way for threats. And sometimes those threats become reality."},{"_id":"4V3OI7LKA5BLNPG72IAXM7GEZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721682896555},"type":"text","content":"As with many things, I imagine political violence can mean different things to different people. But, however we define it, we can’t pretend we aren’t steeped in it."},{"_id":"QUBG7BEWIBDNDPQNV6BFKYRBHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":107,"comment":"Delleck"},{"pos":113,"comment":" cq"},{"pos":153,"comment":"Delleck"},{"pos":159,"comment":" cq"}],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438121},"type":"text","content":"As a country, we’ve been here before. Political violence is very much what America is about, argues Robert Dallek, a presidential historian, and Matthew Dallek, a professor at George Washington University’s College of Professional Studies."},{"_id":"XJC7PGV6GRGUZCRNXNPTFCHFQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721588670787},"type":"text","content":"The two are working on a book about presidential assassination attempts and political violence in the 20th century. And, in a recent essay for The New York Times, they say data indicates the United States is the most politically violent of all major industrialized democracies. “When it comes to assassination attempts on heads of government, the United States is the leader of the pack,” the authors wrote."},{"_id":"MIYAFCQWQFDRJHQIWT3MEAVU44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438123},"type":"text","content":"Of course, assassinations — and attempts — aren’t the only form of political violence. There have been physical confrontations between factions during protests over abortion, transgender rights and police killings. Neighbor has turned against neighbor."},{"_id":"LBYMKJGK65F6PEZ6NKQHUL2BAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721681274938},"type":"text","content":"Over the last six decades, the country has seen political violence increase in the late 1960s and early 1970s, level off in the 1980s, and spike a few times in the 1990s, according to a 2023 report from Reuters."},{"_id":"RQWIT5244BE4NLHIRSNYOMI6TI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438124},"type":"text","content":"In the past, political violence was mostly characterized as the work of a few radicals. Today, it seems, radical views have flooded into the mainstream. And, as a society, we seem less outraged by threats of violence, even violent acts — if it’s happening to “the other side.”"},{"_id":"7VKGRU2I6FDDBFLMEMGSIMBQOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438125},"type":"text","content":"We hear about many of these incidents through headlines — the recent assassination attempt on Trump; the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.<b> </b>Just last month, a California man was sentenced to prison for threatening to kill President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Those weren’t his only targets. He also was accused of plotting to kill or kidnap Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Mitt Romney, among others."},{"_id":"PZNTLE3Z55BG5CNKUSSOFFGLMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721644601267},"type":"text","content":"Threats are on the rise even on the local level. Many of us were outraged when, on Jan. 6, 2021, a mob stormed the nation’s Capitol. But, on the same day, a less-talked-about mob gathered at the home of Ruby Freeman, a former Georgia election worker. Mob leaders falsely accused Freeman of helping to steal the unstolen 2020 election. She wasn’t injured, but she must have felt in danger."},{"_id":"T6TRSG5HYJASBP574HWSBN65UM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438128},"type":"text","content":"I was outraged when Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, received death threats for certifying an election that he knew was fair, because he had the data to prove it was fair."},{"_id":"SQQA2T3R2NH4ZHZ6B4VC6OLK3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438129},"type":"text","content":"I was outraged again when Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis felt she had no choice but to leave her home in order to escape threats from people who objected to her election interference case against Trump."},{"_id":"PVDN6PTNURFVJKZDTVY66O6KSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438130},"type":"text","content":"Then there are all of the lesser known instances of political violence or threats that are no less worthy of our outrage, such as the 2022 death of Anthony King, an Ohio man who was killed by his neighbor, because the neighbor believed King was a Democrat. King was a registered Republican."},{"_id":"JDZZVDHA4BAP5JSDSLITTE3YDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":112,"comment":"we "}],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438131},"type":"text","content":"Given the political temperature, some of us have become inured to what’s happening around us. Just as we should be outraged by an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate, we need to get angry every time someone’s life is threatened or taken by a person claiming to be righting the political landscape with violence."},{"_id":"RHNMCHBE6JHQROAA5VLYNJ6R5A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438132},"type":"text","content":"If you condemn political violence, you must condemn it in all forms, at all times and for all people. You can’t just shrug it off when it is convenient to do so, and you can’t let your friends just shrug it off either."},{"_id":"EY3CABAHEBDEBFFDTN3S4TW4CA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438133},"type":"text","content":"When we fail to recognize all the ways in which we have been and continue to be a country steeped in political violence, or the threat of it, it creates an atmosphere of tolerance that feels increasingly more reckless and dangerous."},{"_id":"2DRYWSPVCVFK3MJ2DE462GMGQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438134},"type":"text","content":"We already know politicians can’t or won’t lead us out of this mess."},{"_id":"UX6YEFKYB5G2BKPAK36BEKORDU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1721565438137},"type":"text","content":"It’s up to us to decide enough is enough."},{"_id":"4CEPMNHT3ZBBHOOFBCWCWE3EZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":67,"comment":"and "}],"comments":[],"_id":"WDT3E2WE5FGI5M6TY2PNRJCVL4"},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>), find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and Twitter (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","Sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1008,"SectionMap":1085,"ComposerNav":1006}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/opinion/columnists","parent":{"default":"/opinion"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/opinion","name":"AJC Columnists","description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion/columnists","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/opinion","default":"/opinion","MainMenu2024":"/opinion","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null,"TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"/opinion"},"site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Articles by columnists from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"AJC Columnists"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"AJC Columnists"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"AJC Columnists","_id":"/opinion/columnists","ancestors":{"MainMenu2024":["/","/opinion"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"ComposerNav":["/opinion"]},"order":{"MainMenu2024":2002,"SectionMap":1067,"ComposerNav":2003}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion/columnists","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"lifestyle"},{"text":"atlanta-news-metro.ajc"},{"text":"real life blog"}]},"label":{"tease_label":{"display":true,"text":"OPINION"},"custom_label":{"display":true,"text":"Real Life with Nedra Rhone"}},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"b8882c738c04c25ba0dcdc5724cea0e9511ec61de000725c644aa4f5e60fa339"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"NYT","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"HIROKO MASUIKE","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"A security checkpoint at an entrance to the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., site of the Republican National Convention, on Monday, July 15, 2024. 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To (complain) about fireworks.”"},{"_id":"OMZHCDY7PZEEHEZW3S4LWJICRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719591426685},"type":"text","content":"Maybe I miss the days when Georgia residents had to drive to Tennessee, Alabama or South Carolina to legally purchase fireworks. Now, they are in retail outlets everywhere. And it seems some people just don’t know what to do with all the pyrotechnics they buy. There are those among us who have gotten a little careless."},{"_id":"TDMNAOR3ZZDYTDVAE6FUXZJMAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315050},"type":"text","content":"In November 2023, an apartment complex on Lavista Road caught fire after two residents allegedly ignited fireworks from the roof, according to police. Thank goodness, no one was hurt in the fire."},{"_id":"7WEOFPWWEZB4JORZNHDLTF7XAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719598599003},"type":"text","content":"Fireworks are becoming less celebratory and more nuisance, particularly in residential settings, as one neighbor stated plainly on Nextdoor."},{"_id":"EGB7KAXECVHKTI6UWWYNBNYFRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719598599004},"type":"text","content":"“Why must you shoot off fireworks in the subdivision? I used to enjoy fireworks a lot when I was younger. Not so much anymore.”"},{"_id":"TXHUPXOMZZABFFPVRAYW4KFX3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719598599012},"type":"text","content":"Under state law, shooting off fireworks is legal any day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 11:59 p.m., unless it violates the local jurisdiction’s noise ordinance."},{"_id":"ELXTBGC6EFBT5JE2KL33QSDPTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315056},"type":"text","content":"Supporters of the state legislation that legalized sales of consumer fireworks<b> </b>expected the move to bring up to 1,500 jobs to Georgia and $10 million to state coffers through 5% excise taxes. Also, they pointed out Georgia would stop losing revenue to bordering states that sold fireworks."},{"_id":"BUHJXNHO3NEGNI7HIIN52ELBPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315057},"type":"text","content":"Those who opposed the change in the law argued fireworks in more hands would result in more injuries, specifically to younger kids."},{"_id":"RF5UJBXY4NGQ5K4POOGUZ5FFYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315058},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://sma.org/abstracts/characteristics-of-fireworks-related-injuries-after-policy-change/\">One study from 2021</a> found that, after the change, Georgia residents were injured more frequently by fireworks and had more severe injuries that required amputations, skin grafts and facial burn repair"},{"_id":"3KOLJDZ7IBA3RNOQ3KCJTZA3KA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719601738846},"type":"text","content":"I don’t know how much the state is making off the excise taxes, but I’d bet plenty of residents would argue it’s not worth it."},{"_id":"EBGQQVEAEJG4VM5E6PZXQY2JP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315061},"type":"text","content":"I’m not saying we should get rid of consumer fireworks. But people need to show more restraint — and common courtesy. We can celebrate the bigger occasions like July 4th by lighting up the sky, but then we should give it a rest until the next appropriate holiday."},{"_id":"CZ7MZKFJTJGHVJDBMKYJ22L2HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719581315062},"type":"text","content":"Judging from my social media feeds, packing away the bottle rockets until New Year’s Eve would make a lot of metro Atlantans — along with animals and the environmentalists — a lot happier."},{"_id":"QLMQD2KJ2RFL7M7HQMXGLHGF2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719591426681},"type":"text","content":"<i>Read more on the Real Life blog (</i><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/\"><i>www.ajc.com/opinion/real-life-blog/</i></a><i>) and find Nedra on Facebook (</i><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn\"><i>www.facebook.com/AJCRealLifeColumn</i></a><i>) and Twitter (</i><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nrhoneajc\"><i>@nrhoneajc</i></a><i>) or email her at </i><a href=\"mailto:Nedra.Rhone@ajc.com\"><i>nedra.rhone@ajc.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"Across metro Atlanta, many residents are getting fed up with fireworks. 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I always thought she wore it to keep her head warm, but I would come to understand that this hat was about more than practicality. It was protection from the cold, but it was also a connection to the past and a statement of her status in the present."},{"_id":"JXUJ3HV4PZFVBJFW6RR2UUJIZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719369231095},"type":"text","content":"In generations since, not many of us have kept elaborate headwear in our closets. My friends frantically search for fascinators to wear to Kentucky Derby parties or pill box hats for Easter Sunday."},{"_id":"CNDGRSSNVFA55EEYHZI7PNSORA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719408473815},"type":"text","content":"Watkins said she wore hats only occasionally when she was younger. But, after her mother died, it became important to her to carry on a Sunday tradition. She stepped up her own collection and, on the day we spoke, she was meeting with her milliner to discuss hat options for the upcoming parade and a few other events."},{"_id":"KIPZIFBINFEMJF4QQHO4CE7Z4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1719369231097},"type":"text","content":"On July 14, the women of Ebenezer will once again put their hats on display. For at least one afternoon, they will preserve this custom. 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As we commemorate freedom on Juneteenth, we also should honor the resistance of the maroons and countless other people who risked their lives to live with dignity and autonomy."},{"_id":"GTJEBVFKLNETVHWYPZ7SALJ4VA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718657502768},"type":"text","content":"These were people who decided they would not, could not, wait for freedom."},{"_id":"UAFZ5DEDZRD2DNELGEPXF2ZC3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718657502769},"type":"text","content":"These were people whose stories often haven’t survived, Sayers and some other historians say, because America prefers the narrative that Black freedom was always given rather than taken."},{"_id":"VFTOLZJPWJEHTO4YFWAPHRLVPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718657502770},"type":"text","content":"Author Kellie Carter Jackson shared some of those stories in her book “<a href=\"https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9781541602908.jpg?resize=991,1536\" target=\"_blank\">We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance.”</a>"},{"_id":"VJCFFLIKORHALE2VLILVMPFRPQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DBGQALN3NRBC5GWUI62PE3LIUA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Opinion: Juneteenth might be the most American of holidays","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-juneteenth-might-be-the-most-american-of-holidays/NKCNMG3B25ELNDFRK4P3AEF7EI/"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"7bded21fde195ec9f132dcd8c99dc309dd54b3f99d3d89c3d317167de9a7d54f"},"caption":"Image Credit: Seal Press","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"AJC","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"name":"Seal Press","type":"author","byline":"Seal Press"}]},"subtitle":"\"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance\"","width":991,"_id":"2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/Choe6FUCe_fwxKwJgE7tzFK6p0Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","owner":"nedra.rhone@ajc.com","comments":[],"keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/Choe6FUCe_fwxKwJgE7tzFK6p0Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/Choe6FUCe_fwxKwJgE7tzFK6p0Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/0Bk30xg4qlqfkSgvhtF0oLOUV8c=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg","version":0,"originalName":"We refuse.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":594,"galleries":[],"_id":"6HF7C5LH7REWFNU7RTEBHYAUQY"},"created_date":"2024-06-17T20:49:34Z","last_updated_date":"2024-06-17T20:49:34Z","height":1536,"image_type":"photograph","resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/2K3WCSPETFATBCEVBAJHEHQ5NM.jpg?auth=7bded21fde195ec9f132dcd8c99dc309dd54b3f99d3d89c3d317167de9a7d54f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}},{"_id":"K6BEQCYH6JFKFMU2PWV5QSMBRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718657502772},"type":"text","content":"During a recent appearance at Black Coffee on Atlanta’s southeast side, Carter Jackson recounted how she set out to uncover a more expansive understanding of Black resilience. In 2020, she was angry and frustrated that marches, hashtags and peaceful protests weren’t achieving the desired goals of liberation from systemic racism."},{"_id":"2MJB4ZNRZBCP3LNQD24WWVO7UI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718669003040},"type":"text","content":"Carter Jackson believes there are many things we can learn from the examples of Black resilience over the years. Juneteenth seems like a perfect time to tell these stories of heroism, rather than allowing ourselves to think of oppressed people as docile groups that sit around and wait for rescue."},{"_id":"RPV4ABZUXJD23KGPCD4GRHKJMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718669003041},"type":"text","content":"We see resistance in the Haitian Revolution, which started in 1791 when enslaved people rose up against their oppressors. At the time, Black Haitians’ success in ending colonial rule inspired people across the globe to keep fighting for freedom."},{"_id":"P3FXILXGD5BNHBD6WQWCNHFX5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718726316651},"type":"text","content":"We see resistance in Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates, who escaped from their master in Baltimore in 1836. Their first attempt at freedom was unsuccessful. They were caught and brought to trial. But abolitionists caused a commotion in the courthouse, which allowed them to flee again. Their escape was aided by a Black cleaning woman who threw her sturdy arms around an officer in pursuit, restraining him long enough for Small and Bates to get away."},{"_id":"CQFHZPE4UBHGXPCXUDW4X4ZYMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718669003042},"type":"text","content":"We see resistance in Fannie Lou Hamer, best known for advocating for the rights for Black people in Mississippi in the 1960s. Hamer’s weapon of choice was the voting booth, but Carter Jackson reminds us that the activist also kept a shotgun in every corner of her bedroom."},{"_id":"UAJDIGWANVCSDLUAJA5YNJZGUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718726316653},"type":"text","content":"Carter Jackson asks us to not only embrace the stories in which white people have played a role in Black freedom but to appreciate the full range of ways in which Black people have sought and attained freedom for themselves."},{"_id":"57AZPOAUKBCMZI6WN5QL2JITUE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718728699832},"type":"text","content":"Sometimes, resistance means finding ways to live joyfully under oppression. 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The dilapidated, crime-ridden complex where they once lived was condemned by a municipal judge in 2021, and they had to leave."},{"_id":"JAR77BLQ4FAFPPNN6JNTF63HHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069216},"type":"text","content":"For residents who haven’t found a safe place to land yet, the deadline is approaching to use the vouchers that will help them pay for their new residences. Some of the former tenants complained they had been given little assistance from the relocation services organization retained by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development."},{"_id":"BSF425AE4ZH5RP5ZHX7CJRIV7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718293652918},"type":"text","content":"For some of those who have found new homes, life is no better. One resident after another stepped up to the microphone and tearfully recounted how equally difficult, if not more difficult, their lives have been since leaving the deplorable conditions at Forest Cove. They still reside in blighted places with mold, rodents and violence. But now, many of them have been relocated in areas outside of the city, such as Lithonia and Stockbridge, where they are miles away from jobs, schools and support systems."},{"_id":"G62DJ2GI4NEDHFYL5T3GMPLLCA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"HUO4MDMZZJAXVHI4JIFPANX6WI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Read the AJC's \"Dangerous Dwellings\" series about unsafe and violent apartment complexes","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/dwellings/apartments-violent-crime/"},{"_id":"5MKJ4UTA2JDG3DSKXQJYETFI74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069217},"type":"text","content":"Though the Forest Cove complex is not owned, subsidized or controlled by the city of Atlanta, city officials have attempted to assist families in relocating and have promised to create a path for residents to return to Thomasville Heights after a new affordable housing complex is built. Mayor Andre Dickens said he hopes to have a developer for the new site in place by the end of the year."},{"_id":"VDLDACTQJREVPFCFZO4YQLBOX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069219},"type":"text","content":"But Dickens also suggested during an April press conference that, with the HUD vouchers, the former residents had a choice in where they wanted to go. “They used to be confined to Forest Cove. … Now they have a document that we negotiated with the federal government, with HUD, that now they can go anywhere they want to go.”"},{"_id":"R66M23W2E5FVLNKH3XQY6HDE6Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069220},"type":"text","content":"I understand the spirit in which the Mayor made this statement. And I know he didn’t mean this literally — because, when you are poor, your choices are so limited that they almost seem like no choices at all."},{"_id":"SFOC62HAZJENRACHD44JEYLMB4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"BUDIAWLNFJHFPEEOB4Z74WGHJ4"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Forest Cove residents assail city's rehousing efforts","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/forest-cove-residents-assail-citys-rehousing-efforts/C7WFIO2QC5HNHCUOIQR3SGTJXA/"},{"_id":"P3PQASGLKVGYVADDVUV5CROJHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069221},"type":"text","content":"We all know that, no matter what housing choice these residents may wish to make for themselves and their families, plenty of people — such as, the landlords who refuse their housing vouchers — will make choices for them."},{"_id":"AH63XXA53NHMZFMLRPJLRY5YQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069222},"type":"text","content":"As former Forest Cove resident Aryan Tucker, 33, shared with the Southern Poverty Law Center earlier this year, “When you put on applications that you lived there, they automatically assume that you are trash because the apartments were trash.”"},{"_id":"O3H7I6WA4VGZDFAVDKTTTFYPFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069223},"type":"text","content":"I’ve never lived in a place like Forest Cove. Not even close. But I have lived in a place where air conditioning didn’t work and the temperature in the rental was stuck at 83 degrees; water flooded from the top of the toilet whenever I flushed it; and a strange odor hung in the indoors air. Weeks after I moved into the southeast Atlanta complex, a teen was shot and killed on the property."},{"_id":"ZPDBJ3Z5VVGYDMQDVSP5L53NUE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"3NIPROKB6RGDZJNAM645D7LSLI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"City begins demolition of troubled Forest Cove apartments","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/city-begins-demolition-of-forest-cove/IYLNFBXAQBDN5NAHBSXOHMXHDU/"},{"_id":"OLXJQ6OKHRHULPXUOK2EGOXHN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718296447061},"type":"text","content":"Over the year and a half that I was there, I dealt with mold and insect infestations, and I continually had to ask, or rather beg, for a reasonable standard of living. I got a glimpse of how stressful and exhausting it can be to worry about your health and well-being in a space that should be a place of comfort — home."},{"_id":"MDHN2X6SIFHWDHCYZYSMKPNZGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069227},"type":"text","content":"I couldn’t wait until the time came to move out of the complex. I stayed for as long as I did to save money for the down payment on a house. The only thing that helped me endure was knowing that I could leave. I had real choices."},{"_id":"4FIR4AHVBZAHVCTLUFX6R7YS6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069228},"type":"text","content":"This is why it was so hard for me to listen to the stories of Forest Cove residents. This is why I am writing this column, even though I don’t know what new solutions can be offered to remedy the city’s lack of safe and affordable housing."},{"_id":"6W5BABLN5RFDBNLX3KJG4TPJ2A","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"6QOHTO33XNBH3GIFWJIL76Z6MM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Search the AJC's updated list of dangerous dwellings","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/dwellings/list-dangerous-apartments/"},{"_id":"W7VOR4F4YBBHZEPEEB5MSDCASY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069229},"type":"text","content":"For some Forest Cove residents, this wasn’t their first time being displaced from one crappy apartment and moved into another. In 2010, when a subsidized complex in Thomasville Heights was demolished, some of those residents moved into Forest Cove, which had already started racking up code violations. It was just one of more <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/dwellings/list-dangerous-apartments/\" target=\"_blank\">than 250 unsafe and unhealthy housing complexes revealed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 2022 Dangerous Dwellings series</a>."},{"_id":"BIX3FRIR2VEB5EWAMQMIWD2LN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069230},"type":"text","content":"In 2023, the city launched the Safe and Secure Housing program. Seven new code enforcement staff were hired, and private attorneys were contracted to take negligent landlords to court. The city has taken enforcement and oversight action against 27 properties citywide, according to a <a href=\"https://atlantaciviccircle.org/2024/05/08/atlanta-safe-and-secure-housing-code-enforcement-analysis/\" target=\"_blank\">recent analysis from Atlanta Civic Circle</a>."},{"_id":"Y7PFKCCXUBCPPJOYEPTIY5S5RM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1718282069231},"type":"text","content":"Some apartment complexes have been restored to livable standards. Some that were restored have since fallen back into noncompliance. 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