Christopher D. Alston

6 days ago | wabe.org | Christopher D. Alston

Josh Green is a writer and editor of Urbanize Atlanta who has spent decades writing about housing, development and Atlanta’s changing neighborhoods. He’s written three books set in Georgia, primarily in Atlanta, and he recently published, “Goodbye, Sweetberry Park,” the second novel in a trilogy.

1 week ago | wabe.org | Christopher D. Alston

Just a few days before the 2025 Solar Decathlon semifinals, members of Georgia Tech’s team were informed that the competition would be postponed indefinitely. The program had been put on hold as part of President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal spending, after the group had put months of work into designing a low-carbon campus for a preschool in Clarkston.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Christopher D. Alston

As Fort Moore in Columbus, Georgia, reverts to its previous name, Fort Benning, the Southern Poverty Law Center says the trend of removing monuments and place names related to the Confederacy has slowed since 2022. Its 2024 “Whose Heritage” report acknowledges the role that President Donald Trump has played in touting Confederate symbolism and what the SPLC calls the “Lost Cause mythology.”Seth Levi is chief strategy officer with the SPLC.

3 weeks ago | wabe.org | Christopher D. Alston

A Georgia non-profit that provides medically appropriate meals to Atlantans in need could be among the many organizations feeling the pinch of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to public health spending. Such funding could drop by as much as a third, according to a proposed budget circulating among federal officials. The effects of cuts that large would extend well beyond the government agencies they directly target.

4 weeks ago | wabe.org | Jim Burress |Christopher D. Alston

Small businesses across metro Atlanta are raising concerns about the Trump administration’s new and rapidly-changing tariffs. Democratic U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of DeKalb County said he’s been meeting with local business owners and his constituents are worried about staying in business. “All of that is heightened by how we don’t know what’s going to happen.