One of three remaining YSL trial defendants was sentenced to five years in prison by a Fulton County Superior Court judge Wednesday afternoon. Damekion Garlington was originally facing life in prison ...

The news of Larry Hoover’s pardon by President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast a shadow over Atlanta’s own history with the Gangster Disciples. For the past few years, Atlanta’s top elected officials ...

The ACLU and local partners are demanding transparency through a new campaign targeting seven states with histories of police misconduct.

Kathy Scott-Lykes lost her son 35-year-old son, Jarvis Lykes, who was killed by a Georgia State Patrol trooper while driving to work on Dec. 29, 2017. (Maansi Srivastava for The 19th) Adrienne Hood ...

The hit movie "Sinners" has made $161 million at the box office, but residents of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is based, are unable to see it because there are no open theaters in town.

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As infectious diseases like measles, salmonella, and hepatitis quietly spread across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone largely silent. Of particular concern for Atlanta ...

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Read them in our free weekly newsletter. Sign up Last September, at his graduation from Northwestern University, Michael Broadway reconnected with his mother, Elizabeth, for the first time in two ...

An African drum procession. Fraternity members barking in celebration. Black kings adjusting each other’s proverbial crowns. There’s no graduation quite like Morehouse College’s commencement — a ...