“Racial oppression and poverty work against the common good and our society as a whole. If we don’t fix these problems, we will leave a weakened state and nation for the next generations. Inaction now will exacerbate the social and economic challenges that are being driven by the widening racial wealth gap.”

— Nancy Flake Johnson, President of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.

Several nonprofits are working to rescue nutritious food to distribute as the need grows in Georgia.

Beauty comes in many shades, shapes, sizes and abilities.  That's the message two Miss Georgia beauty queens want to pass on.

Women gathering to talk is big business. The TEDWomen conference is a yearly event that celebrates and embraces the power of women to be both creators and change makers. It's been in New York and on the West Coast, but will now call Atlanta, Ga., home.