By Gavin Frame Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, whose resignation from Congress prompted the most expensive house race in U.S. history, has joined Steve Bannon and Sean Spicer as President Trump’s most recently ousted advisor. The former U.S. congressman…
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The Fried Chicken Frenzy: The Chicken Sandwich Wars and the Fast Food Industry
By: Anu Fawehinmi In 2019, with the intent of usurping Chick-fil-A from their fried chicken throne, Popeyes released their Crispy Chicken Sandwich. This bold declaration of war began the battle for market share turned marketing scheme affectionately known as the Chicken Sandwich Wars of the late 2010s. The battle even made its way to social media, with Chick-fil-A reacting to Popeyes’ recent menu addition and Popeyes responding in jest shortly afterward. Popeyes’ introduction of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and their marketing campaign that followed revitalized the restaurant chain far beyond the expectations of the company, reestablishing it as a true…
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By Jessica Pasquarello n September 5, the Trump administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, more commonly known as DACA. A brainchild of former President Obama, DACA protected eligible undocumented immigrant youth from deportation and granted them…
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By Alexander Boylston n October 2015, while a myriad of contenders for the U.S. Presidential election began to face off in debates, a fair amount of media attention turned to Canada as it held its 42nd Federal Election. While then-PM Stephen Harper…
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By Ashton Jones-Doherty What Happened? Perhaps, you have asked yourself that exact same question. Perhaps, you have searched and formed your own answers since election day 2016. Or perhaps What Happened, that singularly perpetual omnipresent phrase, has now-and-again bounced like many Hillary…
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By Torus Lu American health care is, by many metrics, exorbitant in cost and mediocre in quality. At 17.2 percent, the share of the United States economy dedicated to health care spending is larger than that of any other country in the…
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By Zoe Smith Atlanta used to be one of the top cities for young college graduates to gain employment, but in the last decade, Georgia college and university graduates are increasingly seeking jobs in other large cities such as Houston, Nashville and…
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By Emily Maloney After the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which white supremacists waved flags with swastikas on them and chanted “Jews will not replace us,” it is undeniable that antisemitism is alive and well in the United States. While it…
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By Alexander Boylston rompted by the dual shocks of Brexit and Donald Trump’s election as US President within six months of each other in 2016, many considered last year to be the “year of the political earthquake.” It was a year in…
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By Ben Diamond ensions with North Korea seemed to have eased temporarily after the flash storm of paranoia that enveloped the world last week. North Korea dominated news headlines as Chairman Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump exchanged inflammatory statements. On…
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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 edition of GPR Magazine. By Alex Vanden Heuvel ith Mayor Kasim Reed term-limited, Atlanta’s search for a new mayor is a wide open battle. Candidates will appear on a nonpartisan ballot on Nov. 7,…
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By Kalvis Golde hile the world remains focused on the President and Senate due to the circus surrounding the Affordable Health Care Act, the judicial branch has been busy. The U.S. Supreme Court has made a number of recent announcements about cases…
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By Alex Soderstrom Atlanta drivers listening to the radio on April 17 heard what could have been described as a near-apocalyptic scenario. Broadcasters fired through the list of traffic disasters occurring to major roadways around the city. I-20 westbound was completely shut…
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There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible. I thought it was only a story… until it happened to me. Ok, so here’s how it works: there’s this stuff called Quicksilver that can bend light. Some scientist made…
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