AltWeeklies Wire
Georgia Clings To Its Gunsnew
Even pro-NRA Peach State could be dragged into a more sensible place.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-07-2013 |
Policy Issues
Atlanta's New Gatewaynew
The airport's international terminal is likely to become the newest image-booster for Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
05-09-2012 |
Transportation
Super-sizing Savannahnew
Why Atlanta's mayor cares so much about improving another city's port.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
04-13-2012 |
Policy Issues
AIDS Redux in Atlantanew
Indifference and bureaucratic fumbling could reopen the door for the epidemic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-29-2011 |
Science
Kill the Death Penalty in Georgianew
Georgia should put an end to capital punishment.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
06-08-2011 |
Policy Issues
'Burbs or Bustnew
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has left Atlanta -- literally and figuratively -- in its quest for suburban readers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-18-2010 |
Media
Tags: AJC, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For Fulton's Sake, Downsize County Governmentnew
The county's scope of programs and spending should reflect the new reality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
10-13-2010 |
Policy Issues
Civil Rights Museum Shouldn’t Be Co-Opted by Cokenew
The legacies of Sweet Auburn and MLK are what give Atlanta the standing to create a top-rank Civil Rights museum. But instead, it will be planted next to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
06-21-2010 |
Policy Issues
Will Atlanta’s LGBT Community Still Have a Voice Without 'Southern Voice'?new
When Georgia's first gay, African-American lawmaker, Simone Bell, formally took her seat in the state House of Representatives recently, the occasion marked a rare progressive milestone – for the South, anyway. Too bad no newspapers were paying attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Patrick Saunders |
01-26-2010 |
LGBT
In Atlanta, Neighbors Try to Dethrone a Club King's Empirenew
Michael Gidewon is very concerned about the 1,400 Atlanta residents who've signed an online petition aimed at keeping him from opening the clubs' doors and the hundreds who've shown up to neighborhood meetings calling for his defeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Following Raid on Gay Bar, the Atlanta PD Reels from Harrassment Complaintsnew
Why did police feel they needed to take down the club with the kind of force usually reserved for busting meth labs? Why did officers seem to act so unprofessionally toward the Eagle's customers, none of whom was arrested? And was the whole thing really just about sex?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Mind the Arts Gapnew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunitionnew
Dueling gun bills in Georgia show legislative sausage-making at its worst.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-13-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Oops, They Did it Againnew
Atlanta faces budget shortfall as large as $100 million.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
2009's Mayoral Candidates Will Face a Changed Atlantanew
It's quite likely that, for most Atlanta residents, the name of Sidney Marcus rings a bell only as a cut-through street linking Piedmont Road and Ga. 400.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
