Morgan Oliver School students led a walkout at the Georgia Capital, demanding gun reform. Canopy Atlanta was contacted by a ...

Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5.

Over 220 residents, who live in in areas with chronically low voter turnout in areas of Southwest Atlanta, downtown Atlanta, College Park, and Union City, told Canopy Atlanta’s Community Engagement ...

This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.

This election season, we’re using our community listening and in-depth reporting to examine how civic engagement and voter interest may have changed throughout metro Atlanta’s five-county area since ...

It became a buzzword in 2020, but “mutual aid” isn’t charity—it’s about creating a culture of collectivity. Here’s how some Atlanta organizations are putting that philosophy into action. On a recent ...

“If I could get everyone here to just take a moment,” said Jacqueline Lamar, surveying an energetic crowd gathered on a recent morning in a Mechanicsville parking lot. “Look to your left and look to ...

This story developed from our three-months listening session with more than 200 local residents from the lowest voting precincts in the five-county metro Atlanta area. Many residents expressed that ...