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Georgia Attorney General joins 33-state lawsuit against Meta over alleged harmful practices targeting youth mental health

Attorney General Chris Carr has joined legal action along with 33 other states against Meta, alleging that the company intentionally designed and promoted features on platforms like Instagram to addict children and teens while concealing the associated mental health risks. This legal action alleges violations of consumer protection laws and the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, highlighting concerns about the impact of social media on young users.

By Peach Tree Times | Oct 27, 2023

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Inflation disproportionately affects 'Black Americans' in Georgia

Using data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, DaQuawn Bruce, an opinion contributor for USA Today, recently made the argument that high rates of inflation caused by President Joe Biden and the Democrats disproportionately affect people of color in Georgia and across the nation.

By Andy Nghiem | Jul 23, 2022

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Hourly earnings at 'steepest' decline in four decades, BLS report shows

By Emily Bevard | Jul 18, 2022

Sky-high inflation, which has just been reported at 9.1%, is causing the sharpest real wage decline in decades.

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Georgia reaches double-digits in monkeypox cases

By Emily Bevard | Jul 12, 2022

Georgia now ranks as one of 10 states with the greatest number of monkeypox cases in the country at 11, according to a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta.

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Op-ed: Inflation is of rising concern to Georgia voters

By Tom Donelson | Sep 27, 2021

Inflation is becoming a major issue for many voters who are seeing their gas prices and food go up.

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OPINION: Georgia’s Election Mess

By Benita M. Dodd | Nov 17, 2020

On Thursday, November 5, the nation held its breath, waiting to see where Georgia’s 16 crucial electoral votes would go as poll workers laboriously counted absentee ballots into the night.

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OPINION: Two Georgia questions for Joe Biden

By Steve Cortes, Senior Advisor for Strategy to the Trump Campaign | Oct 26, 2020

As Joe Biden travels to Georgia on Tuesday, here are two critical questions he should be asked.

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NewsGuild journalists may have pro-union bias in coverage of Delta attendants unionization efforts

By Kyla Asbury | Jul 30, 2020

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) has launched a drive to try to convince Delta Air Lines' flight attendants to join the union, but some media outlets report that the efforts originate from NewsGuild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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50-year-old mother of teenage daughter deserves clemency after serving 13 years for mortgage fraud, say advocates

By Joe Chen | Apr 3, 2020

Chalana McFarland, a 50-year-old mother, having served approximately 13 years of a 30-year federal sentence for a mortgage fraud conviction, may be a deserving candidate for clemency, say criminal justice reform advocates.

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OPINION: Anonymous Shell Company Loophole Allows Criminals to Hide from the Law

By Eric O'Neill | Mar 19, 2020

When sophisticated criminal enterprises like drug cartels, human traffickers, and internationally sanctioned countries, such as Iran, want to hide their illicit activities from law enforcement behind anonymous shell companies, the law in the United States allows them to do so.