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Good morning. Happy new year. I hope your holidays have been swell. Wanna do some good today? Let's help Jane pay her rent and take care of her kid while she finds a new job. If everyone receiving this newsletter drops in a couple bucks, she'll
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Let Noncitizens Vote In Local Elections Alex Ip On a Monday afternoon in May, I was waiting for a bus in Buckhead that was supposed to come every 15 minutes. But as roughly 30 other riders—mostly Spanish-speaking immigrants—and I waited at Lindbergh during
Unless you're new around here (hi!), you probably know that every September we drag our asses out into these chaotic internet streets and we see how much money we can raise to abolish medical debt in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This year was no different. That is, except
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Modernize Our Outdated Dog Breed Restrictions By Kristal Dixon As I was walking my dog Hannah back to my apartment earlier in the summer, I was stopped by a woman who inquired about her breed. “She’s a pit bull,” I said. The woman responded
How I Would Fix Atlanta — Adapt Our Growth Before It’s Too Late Roby Greenwald Atlanta is a growing city. This probably isn’t news to the kind of person who reads this newsletter. But let me make it a little more urgent for you. Our outdated pattern of growth
Good morning. In early 2024, I decided to turn a multi-year Twitter bit about drinking big beers at the airport into an actual essay. It was a couple hundred words long, then eventually it was like 700 words, then it ballooned up to 1,200 or so words, and then
Damn, what a week. Not only did we breeze past our initial goal of $10,000, and a few subsequent goals after that, we beat our previous record of $25,000 yesterday. Amazing stuff. Now, it's the final day of the fundraiser, and we're sitting on
Good morning. Y'all ready to do some good this week? In 2023 and 2024, How I'd Fix Atlanta partnered with a nonprofit organization called Undue Medical Debt. We raised more than $40,000 in donations from folks like you, money that Undue used to abolish nearly
Oh, hello. Some quick housekeeping! Each year around this time, we do a big old fundraiser to abolish as much medical debt in the Atlanta metro area as possible. This year is no different. Please save the date: Sept. 22. Gonna need you to donate as much as you can
How I'd Fix Atlanta — Support Your Neighborhood Public School By Sending Your Kids To It Taylor Cross A neighborhood public school is in or near your neighborhood. Right now. Do you know where it is? Do you know anyone who goes there? You might, but in a city
Hello hello. I hope you've been enjoying your summer. It's much too hot, imho, but what're you gonna do? Me? I've got some new stickers. That's a photo of them above. Do you like stickers? I fucking love stickers. These
Oh, hello. I hope your summer's going great so far. Personally, I can't wait for October to get here, but don't let my sweaty mood ruin your good time. Below, we've got a heartfelt piece from Ruwa Romman. But first, some housekeeping