AltWeeklies Wire
The Lost World of Arabia Mountainnew
Monks, an animal ER, and 400 million years of history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley and Joeff Davis |
02-25-2016 |
Features
Atlanta Public Schools’ Vacant Buildings Trapped in Timenew
The uncertain future and untapped potential of Atlanta Public Schools’ empty buildings.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley and Joeff Davis |
03-06-2015 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Adaptive reuse
Georgia's Deadly Prisonsnew
A legal rights advocacy group wants reform, a congressman wants an investigation, and the family of a dead inmate wants answers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
07-25-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Portraits of Atlanta immigrantsnew
9 men and women share their voices, their stories.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Joeff Davis and Thomas Wheatley |
07-03-2014 |
Immigration
A Short History of Georgia's Death Penaltynew
Hangings, electrocution, and lethal injections - and the slow change in attitude about executions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
02-20-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Georgia Death Penalty
Atlanta Falcons Stadium should do no harm to surrounding communitiesnew
Blank, city, and state have responsibility to not create a sea of asphalt outside new facility
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
11-07-2013 |
Policy Issues
Parking tax in Atlanta? Why not?new
Cash to build transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks won't fall from the sky.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
08-08-2013 |
Transportation
Atlanta steps up on homelessness issuenew
Mayor Kasim Reed has made reducing homelessness a top priority in the wake of state and county failures.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
10-03-2012 |
Homelessness
Tags: Atlanta Homeless
The Stadium Effectnew
What happens when your neighbor is a multimillion dollar shrine to sports?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
09-07-2012 |
Housing & Development
Walmart Cometh to Atlantanew
The big-box retailer and progressive’s worst enemy moves closer to the heart of metro Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
03-15-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Walmart Athens, Walmart Atlanta
South Downtown Must be Fixed for Atlanta to Thrivenew
The area south of Five Points was once bustling — what the hell happened?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
11-03-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Pimp our highway, pleasenew
The Downtown Connector needs a face-lift, but it can't become a facade
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
08-03-2011 |
Policy Issues
Cash-Strapped Atlanta Mulls Later Bar Hoursnew
On Nov. 16, Councilman Kwanza Hall shook party-loving Atlantans out of a six-year slumber announcing at a City Council meeting that he wanted the city's next mayor to study whether extending bar hours from 2:30 to 4 a.m. would increase revenue and spark the city's moribund – and once booming – nightlife scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
01-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
Meet Creative Loafing's New Bossesnew
On Aug. 27, the staff of Creative Loafing Atlanta was delivered what could be described as refreshing news from a trio of strangers: After nearly a year of staff cuts, job insecurity and legal wrangling, the paper’s parent company Creative Loafing Inc. had successfully emerged from bankruptcy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
09-22-2009 |
Media
Conservation May be the Key to Georgia's Water Warsnew
Environmentalists say Georgia is overlooking a low-cost and common-sense approach that could save money, help the environment, and show metro Atlanta's downstream neighbors that it understands the dire situation. That solution is conservation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
08-25-2009 |
Environment
