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Homeless Shelter Hopes to Reopen

The Healing Place, a shelter and addiction recovery program, is looking to reopen after closing a year ago.

By | December 12, 2012
JFK: Covered and Smothered

What the Warren Report Got Wrong

The evidence continues to mount, after all these years, that the official Warren Commission Report whitewashed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

By Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. | December 5, 2012
Oconee Forks

Nonprofits, ACC Protect Riverside Forest

One of the largest tracts of natural land in Clarke County will be protected from development.

By Blake Aued | December 5, 2012
Downtown Athens

The Public Speaks on Master Plan

Athens residents have lots of ideas for how they want downtown to grow and change. (UPDATED with new survey results.)

By Blake Aued | November 28, 2012
The Next Great Moral Issue

Bill McKibben On the Fight Against Climate Change

Author Bill McKibben is organizing college students to fight climate change and the fossil fuel industry's grip on political power.

By | November 28, 2012
Outside of Society

Excerpts from Jeff Tobias' Post-Sandy Explorations

Flagpole's Brooklyn correspondent surveys the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy in a three-part blog series.

By Jeff Tobias | November 21, 2012