Emily Cardinali

1 month ago | wabe.org | Emily Cardinali

On National Bike to School Day, an early May day, two dozen kids and parents whiz down the bike lane on United Avenue under a pink-tinged morning sky. Andrew Francis rides a white cargo bike at the head of the pack. He is impossible to miss, wearing a neon green T-shirt that reads “Parkside Bike Bus.” Other matching shirts speckle the crowd. “The kids are happier. They’re not stuck in the car on the way to school,” he said. “They’ve got a little exercise in the morning.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Emily Cardinali

On a warm and breezy Georgia spring day, Susan Pavlin walks through Decatur’s Legacy Park, past brick buildings and down a shaded boardwalk. She opens a creaking gate that reveals a two-acre garden split into more than two dozen plots, known to the community as Decatur’s Kitchen Garden. “We have about 30 families growing food for themselves, the rest of their families and sometimes their neighbors, depending on how much extra bounty they have out of the garden,” Pavlin said.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Emily Cardinali

Atlanta’s Afghan community is bracing for deportations as the Trump administration allows a Biden-era protection to expire this week. Nearly 2,000 Afghans moved to metro Atlanta in the aftermath of the U.S. military pulling out of Afghanistan in 2021. They received something called Temporary Protected Status, which provides status and work authorization to nationals from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary conditions.

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Emily Cardinali

Share International students in Georgia started seeing their visa statuses changed days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Trump administration has prioritized scrutinizing international students. Soon after, 133 affected students from around the country filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the officials in the Trump administration, alleging Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegally terminated their student status.

2 months ago | wabe.org | Emily Cardinali

International students in Georgia started seeing their visa statuses changed days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Trump administration has prioritized scrutinizing international students. Soon after, 133 affected students from around the country filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the officials in the Trump administration, alleging Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegally terminated their student status.