Chris Dowd

Jan 22, 2025 | flagpole.com | Chris Dowd

Students at the University of Georgia held a “march against Nazis” on Jan. 15 protesting a university employee who has ties to the Aryan Freedom Network, a neo-Nazi group.

Jan 15, 2025 | flagpole.com | Chris Dowd

Former Athens-Clarke County auditor Stephanie Johnson took her oath of office as commissioner Jan. 7 in front of a large crowd who celebrated the occasion as historic. Johnson’s swearing-in marked the first time in Athens history when half of the city council or commission seats were held by people of color. Alvin Sheats, a former ACC commissioner and the president of the Athens NAACP, expressed his joy during public comment about finally achieving equal representation for the Black community.

Dec 25, 2024 | catholicweekly.com.au | Chris Dowd

The common myth that science killed religion was itself laid to rest after Australia’s leading voice on nuclear science, Dr Adi Paterson, delivered the third annual Labouré Lecture. Dr Paterson is the former CEO of Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, (ANSTO), current chair of Nuclear for Australia, and the go-to spokesman on all things nuclear for media outlets such as Sky News and the ABC. He also appeared in a recent Senate hearing into the nuclear energy debate.

Nov 27, 2024 | flagpole.com | Chris Dowd

“Plan B” emergency contraceptive pills are a safe and reasonably effective way to prevent pregnancy when other means of birth control have failed, making them an important part of student life at the University of Georgia. Yet, when students involved in reproductive justice efforts pass out free condoms and Plan B pills on campus, they say they regularly face harassment from anti-abortion students who mistakenly believe these pills can cause abortions.

Oct 23, 2024 | flagpole.com | Chris Dowd

The Athens-Clarke County Commission is considering a franchising proposal that would completely reshape how trash is collected in some parts of Athens, limiting consumer choice but improving efficiency and potentially lowering costs. In the proposal, the county outside of the old city limits (the “urban services district” where ACC handles trash and recycling pickup) would be divided into five service zones with a single trash hauler permitted to operate in each.