http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/atlantas-ebenezer-baptist-obama-celebration-photos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/atlantas-ebenezer-baptist-obama-celebration-photos/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:01:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8642 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/atlantas-ebenezer-baptist-obama-celebration-photos/feed/ 1 Post-election celebration at the former church of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/morning-headlines-92/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/morning-headlines-92/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:30:58 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/morning-headlines-92/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/morning-headlines-92/feed/ 0 HOPE FOR THE 1 PERCENTERS: UGA scientists want to make a better peanut, one that won’t spark reactions in the 1 percent of Americans who are allergic to certain proteins in the nut. CRAZY LIKE A FOX: A Kennesaw State professor has written a book that goes inside the Dark Genius of Roger Ailes and Fox [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/21/mlk-day/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/21/mlk-day/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:28:45 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/21/mlk-day/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/21/mlk-day/feed/ 0 HOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY: Sheila Zackery readies a load of bread to distribute to Atlanta’s homeless. (Photo by Joeff Davis) Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Hosea Feed the Hungry program feeds, clothes and offers medical care to more than 10,000 of Atlanta’s needy at Turner Field. It’s what the program is best known for, but [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/letter-from-birmingham-jail/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/letter-from-birmingham-jail/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:55 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/letter-from-birmingham-jail/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/letter-from-birmingham-jail/feed/ 0 On the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 79th birthday, here’s an excerpt from his April 16, 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail” about the importance of confrontation and pissing people off: I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. Just as Socrates felt that [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/atlanta-blogs-today-homophobic-drought/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/atlanta-blogs-today-homophobic-drought/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:18:27 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/atlanta-blogs-today-homophobic-drought/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/15/atlanta-blogs-today-homophobic-drought/feed/ 2 It also makes you wonder, if they were looking for a viable excuse to get rid of the festival in the first place, and the drought made for the perfect scapegoat? — Duane Moody wonders if the mayor’s decision to keep Pride out of Piedmont Park this year because of the drought might simply be a [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/10/the-king-memorial-outsourced-to-china/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/10/the-king-memorial-outsourced-to-china/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:20:32 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/10/the-king-memorial-outsourced-to-china/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/10/the-king-memorial-outsourced-to-china/feed/ 14 The decision to name a Chinese sculptor, who lives in mainland China and is known for his sculptures of Chairman Mao, to design and sculpt the memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned in Washington D.C. has prompted a rising storm of protest. Gilbert Young is a legendary black artist who grew up in Cincinnati, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/08/eddie-long-angling-for-mlk-mantle/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/08/eddie-long-angling-for-mlk-mantle/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:24:54 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/08/eddie-long-angling-for-mlk-mantle/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/08/eddie-long-angling-for-mlk-mantle/feed/ 8 Eddie Long, the self-proclaimed “bishop” of the 25,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist megachurch in Lithonia, has the largest congregation in Georgia. He’s also got a $350,000 Bentley; a 20-acre, $1.4-million estate; and a heavenly bank balance. But it appears he also wants to be the spiritual kingpin of metro Atlanta. Last year, he officiated at the [...]