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Season 2 of 'It's UATL' is here!

‘It’s UATL’ podcast season 2 has arrived

This time around, the hosts are digging deeper into Black culture news making headlines in Atlanta, the metro area and the South.

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Why social media feels like it’s reading your mind

Media literacy influencer Kelsey Russell joins the "It’s UATL" podcast to explain how algorithms shape what we see and why print helped her take back control.

An undated image demonstrates a squat, a great exercise for building lower body strength, and can be done with a chair to start, and with hand weights as you progress over the long-term. (Gritchelle Fallesgon/The New York Times)
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‘It’s UATL’ podcast: Keeping a positive body image

In the latest episode of the “It’s UATL” podcast, hosts Najja Parker, Nedra Rhone and DeAsia Paige talk about what it means to have a positive body image.

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(3-11 Feb 1984) --- Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, 41-B mission specialist, doubles as 'director' for a movie being 'produced' aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. McNair’s name tag ('Cecil B. McNair') and beret and slate are all humorous pro

Ronald McNair and the day the future broke

On the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion, we examine the life and legacy of a Black astronaut who carried a saxophone — and a nation’s faith — into space.

Wanda Sims Watters stands near where her childhood home was at 205 Elizabeth Street in Decatur on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The once thriving Black neighborhood was destroyed in waves from the 1940s-1970s through eminent domain for government housing, facilities and “urban renewal.” (Ben Gray for the AJC)
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Metro Atlanta governments take up reparations amid national challenges

Atlanta's and Decatur’s reparations committees are far from issuing recommendations for specific actions their cities should take.

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‘Urban Horseman’ defies odds to bring horse culture to Atlanta

Brandon Fulton is known across Atlanta as the “Urban Horseman,” often seen riding his horses through city streets.

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After losing a member, De La Soul wants men to focus on their health

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Turning Beacon Hill into a passive park can unite the community

Season 2 of 'It's UATL' is here!

‘It’s UATL’ podcast season 2 has arrived

Jesse Jackson reflects on MLK Jr.'s lessons on life and death

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Atlanta leaders remember the Jesse Jackson who ‘pushed hope into weary places’

Jesse Jackson to speak at Atlanta high school
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In Atlanta, Jesse Jackson found a home and a stage

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Reimagining Langston Hughes’ ‘The Weary Blues’ for young readers

How Portland lured Georgia’s ‘king of BBQ’ away from ATL
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How Portland lured Georgia’s ‘king of BBQ’ away from ATL

“Keeper of Lost Children” by Sadeqa Johnson. (Courtesy of Simon & Schuster and Rhodes Photo LLC)

Author Sadeqa Johnson wants to resurrect forgotten Black history

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Orange Crush HBCU beach party gets makeover — and new name — after dispute