Tag: atlanta

Things in America Connected to Race and Racism: All

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 18, 2019

Scott mentioned the 1619 Project at the Times a couple of days ago and I want to go back to this to mention Kevin Kruse, historian and King of Twitter, who wrote on the connections between interstate highways and segregation, using Atlanta, the city to busy to care, as an example. This intertwined history of […]

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The Stadium Scam: Urban Planning Disaster Edition

By Erik Loomis

On August 12, 2017

Great piece by an urban planner about how the ridiculous new Cobb County stadium for the “Atlanta” Braves is a completely disaster. The Braves chose to relocate to Cobb County from downtow

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The Atlanta Stadium Mess

By Erik Loomis

On September 22, 2015

From the moment the Atlanta Braves announced they were moving from their downtown stadium that is all of 20 years old to the Cobb County suburbs, I was disgusted. Choosing to base your future on the m

This Day in Labor History: March 28, 1977

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 28, 2015

On March 28, 1977, AFSCME Local 1644, a union primarily made of African-American sanitation workers, went on strike in Atlanta, hoping to force mayor Maynard Jackson to grant them a much needed pay raise. Jackson’s anti-union positions would deeply disappoint organized labor who believed that labor rights were civil rights. It would also demonstrated the […]

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Burn Baby Burn

By Erik Loomis

On November 15, 2014

150 years ago today, troops under the command of William Tecumseh Sherman undertook the major portion of the burning of Atlanta. The real story around this event is quite complicated, but it was Novem