AJC Columnists

Generational change for Democrats is coming. Who emerges as a leader, and what that leader says to voters, will determine what happens next for the party in Georgia.

Opinion: Former DeKalb Superintendent Cheryl Watson Harris, now head of Achieve Atlanta, urges the Georgia Legislature to finally act on need-based aid.

Opinion: If we want to improve educational outcomes in Georgia, we can't overlook early childhood teachers.

Mitchell was diagnosed with uterine cancer at age 28. Now she is the lead plaintiff in a class action of women nationwide seeking relief from makers of chemical relaxers.

A public college professor has a simple request for the Georgia General Assembly with regards to what it can do for higher education this year: Do nothing at all.

The conditions in Georgia’s prison system are anything but humane. But the humans involved are convicted criminals, so that largely draws shrugs.

With 15% of Georgia’s child care programs at risk for closure, an advocate urges the Legislature to direct some of the state's budget surplus to help providers and families.

Republicans, until recently a suspicious lot, are nearly unanimous — 98% — in believing the 2024 election was on the up and up, according to a University of Georgia survey.

The broken promise within the Georgia Promise Scholarship is that these new private school vouchers help children. They don’t. They help politicians.

Former UGA football phenom Herschel Walker lost a bruising Senate race in 2022, but becoming a 62-year-old college graduate will matter more.