A letter from SP's publisher

Atlantans caught in the middle as banks and anti-Bush sentiment clash

“We didn’t know how to navigate the system. It got to the point where my brother didn’t see a lawyer … for years.”—Martina Correia, Troy Davis’ sister

Just five weeks before the presidential election, America’s worried about high finance, which most of us don’t understand. So how will we vote?

“It doesn’t require you to have an Internet connection, which Liberians within the country don’t have. You can record your story at the kiosk and watch the stories of your peers.”—Michael Best on Georgia Tech’s social justice kiosk

Post office closing? Too bad.

Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint finalized its approximately $4 billion sale last week...just after being tapped for several humanitarian awards.

Both the Democrats’ Hillary Clinton and the Republicans’ Sarah Palin have been dragged through the latrine. Why do we treat female candidates so badly?

Speeches will be made, vittles consumed and a ribbon cut...

Presenting the fourth annual SP 100: The Sunday Paper staff’s thoroughly researched, hotly debated and extremely opinionated list of Atlanta’s finest entertainers, restaurants, philanthropists, nightspots and more.

“Historically candidates have had trouble if they are not married and not parents.”—Elaine Tyler May, sociologist, University of Minnesota

Last time a major hurricane hit Georgia’s coast, it killed about 2,000 people. Next time could be worse

 A U.S. government report released in May claims that wind can satisfy 20 percent of the nation’s energy demand by 2030. But the federal tax credits slated for wind research will expire in December.

This summer, one Atlantan was mugged in London and another detained by hotel security in Nigeria. Both were left starving and alone on foreign streets, without ever leaving the country. This is their story. 

Atlanta’s climbing crime rate is visible and frightening