Author: George Chidi
Editor’s note: George Chidi now publishes a Substack newsletter called “The Atlanta Objective.” If you want to support him directly, sign up for a paying subscription to his newsletter by clicking here. Stonecrest, GA — ...
This column has been updated. Right around 9 p.m. last night I found myself looking around at the spectacle as I waited for the inevitable release of State Rep. Park Cannon, wondering why I was ...
I wrote a piece about murder. And then I burned it. The single most useful thing about whatever passes for “traditional journalism” today is the value of having an editor around who can tell you ...
A young man with no home walked from the Shell station up the street with my stepson back to mine last week. Two Pine Lake cops followed both of them home. If I didn’t live ...
This story has been updated. I think I’m smart, which is usually a mistake. We think political consultants and marketing executives – and pundits — are evil geniuses. But voters can be surprising. That’s why ...
DeKalb County has about 760,000 residents, living in about 280,000 homes, at least until the marshals come. Evictions are crude here. People with guns and badges do what they can to keep people calm. Most ...
Atlanta as the Black Mecca is a myth. But Atlanta thrives on myth making. Love and Hip Hop. Real Housewives of Atlanta. The Georgia peach on all the movies. We’re projecting an amazing image that ...
The last time you found yourself in the street at a protest, chanting “This is what democracy looks like!” I don’t think you had an election in February on your mind. Democracy is a constant ...
“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” — Doctor Manhattan. My wife is calling me over to watch Donald Trump depart the White House. I don’t care. He should have been arrested ...
Last week, before the attempted coup, I asked for the president to be arrested. Today, as the National Guard and Atlanta Police gear up for madness at the Capitol, I’m thinking about people closer ...
