NEARLY 70 PERCENT of African American children are born to unwed parents. The changing family dynamics of the Black community are just as dramatic when looked at another way: 86 percent of today’s young Black women are single when they have their first baby. The reasons for this reach back as far as slavery...
AUGUSTA—A growing number of American veterans are ending up homeless, mentally ill and incarcerated. According to a recent news report, about 1,300 veterans have been booked into the Columbia County jail in the past four years. Charges range from disorderly conduct, loitering, drunken driving and assault. Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq...
AUGUSTA—There are more questions than answers heading into the Augusta Commission’s Planning Retreat on Friday, and commissioners Bill Lockett and Corey Johnson don’t believe that much will change on hot-button topics such as hiring and firing power. “I’m going in with an open mind, but I don’t foresee anything positive coming out of the...
