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Political Rewind: Author, Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Weaves Powerful Story In Her Debut Novel

Friday on Political Rewind: The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois is a big-hearted epic leading us through the generational history of an African American family with deep roots in Georgia. Author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, a National Book Award-nominated poet, tells the story through rich characters and their family ties.

September 10, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
Multiethnic teenage girls touching each others' face

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  • Mental Health

Summit Addresses Rising Rates Of Attempted Suicide By Teenage Girls

Recent data from Georgia’s state health department show an increase in suicide attempts by teenage girls. That’s why the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is hosting a girls teen summit Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.

September 10, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • News

Georgia Republicans Pledge Revolt Against Biden Vaccine Mandates

Georgia Republican lawmakers quickly took to social media to condemn President Biden’s new vaccine mandates as an attack on personal freedoms.

September 10, 2021
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  • Riley Bunch
President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris walk together on a stage by American flags.

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GPB Morning Headlines for September 10, 2021

Memorials will take place statewide to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Governor Kemp is calling President Biden's vaccine mandate "blatant and unlawful overreach." 

Georgia Democrats are making some changes to prepare for the 2022 campaign fight.

September 10, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Protesters at Georgia State University participate in a "die-in" demanding more safety measures on campus.

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  • Education

COVID-19 Policy Protests Continue at Georgia State University

Protests continue at Georgia State University over the lack of mask or vaccine mandates on campus.

September 10, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews
Hospital Bed

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  • Health Care

New Device Shortage, High Death Toll Reported As COVID Wave Continues

The Georgia Hospital Association said Thursday that some of the state’s large hospitals with heavy COVID-19 loads are having trouble obtaining the machines for patients ready to be discharged.

September 10, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
People gathered on a lawn at Georgia State University Thursday Sept. 9.

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  • Education

Despite Ongoing Calls For Mask Mandate, Regents Make No Policy Change At Board Meeting

The best way to prevent COVID-19 and spread of the virus is through vaccination and masking. That’s what Board of Regents Acting Chancellor Teresa MacCartney says.   

But she and the Board also agree with the governor that mandates cause division on campus. And they will not be swayed by protests.

September 09, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A healthcare worker prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, during the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for those in higher risk categories, at a vaccine center in Overijse, Belgium on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Georgia Hospitals Swell With COVID Cases As College Football Kicks Off — Unmasked

Thursday on Political Rewind: Grady Hospital and other health care facilities across Georgia have begun limiting non-essential procedures, as a rush of Covid-19 cases demand their resources. Also, former President Donald Trump’s efforts to interfere in the outcome of Georgia’s Presidential Election are driving two very different agendas right now.

September 09, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut
Otis Redding on his knees, singing into a microphone. Behind him, three men play trumpets.

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for September 9, 2021

A rally in Perry for former President Donald Trump is highlighting the stark divide within Georgia’s GOP.

Grady Memorial Hospital is so inundated with COVID patients, that non-essential outpatient surgeries are canceled until further notice.

Today marks the 80th birthday of music legend and Georgia native, Otis Redding, and the state will celebrate the late soul singer.

September 09, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Atlanta

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  • Environment

Lead-Contaminated Atlanta Neighborhood May Be Put On Federal Cleanup Priority List

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add a westside Atlanta area that’s contaminated with lead to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL), which would allow more federal funding for cleanup.

September 09, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

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  • Economy

Georgia Airports Face Significant Funding Deficit

Georgia airports need $1.3 billion for projects including runway extensions and terminal improvements, Carol Comer, director of the state Department of Transportation’s Intermodal Division, said Wednesday.

September 09, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
A 3D model of downtown Atlanta, before the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the demolition of the Georgia Dome

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  • News

Georgia Tech's Urban Analytics Degree Seeks To Train Cities' Future Problem Solvers

“Urban analytics is essentially a discipline that uses data and data science tools to solve urban problems,” said Subhrajit Guhathakurta, professor at Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning.

September 08, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
Former President Donald Trump rally

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  • Politics

Trump’s Rally Likely To Highlight Tension In State GOP

Former President Donald Trump will be in Georgia later this month for a rally in Perry. The event is likely to drum up drama in the state’s Republican Party between those who are loyal to the former president and those who are not loyal enough.

September 08, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Dr. Rafik Abdou checks on a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles in this file photo from Nov. 19, 2020.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Politics And Leadership At Play As Pandemic Breaks Georgia Milestones

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The death toll from COVID-19 continues to grow in Georgia. On Saturday, 220 people were confirmed dead from the virus, bringing the total deaths in the state to over 20,000. Meanwhile, in the days since the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a Texas Law effectively banning abortion, the case has suddenly made a woman’s right to choose a top issue in 2022 political campaigns.

September 08, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
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GPB Morning Headlines for September 8, 2021

The rest of the state could experience the violent storms seen in the Atlanta metro last night.

Donald Trump is heading back to Georgia later this month for a "Save America Rally" scheduled in Perry.

Professors across Georgia are planning a week-long protest over the University System of Georgia's Covid-19 policies, which do not require masks in the classroom.

September 08, 2021
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