A team of independent monitors says Georgia's Fulton County conducted an "organized and orderly" election last year. The county has struggled in the past with long lines, slow reporting and even false claims of voter fraud. Given its past election problems, Republicans have repeatedly sought extra oversight of the Democratic stronghold
Ahead of International Women's Day, Mrs. Robinson explores leadership on the global stage and the importance of maintaining hope in the push for human rights and environmental initiatives.
The merger, to be completed by June 2025, will connect two issues — mental health and caregiving — championed by the late former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter.
The Legislature passed Georgia’s Mental Health Parity Act in 2022. Since then, the Carter Center and mental health care advocates have remembered the day by visiting lawmakers and asking agencies to hold insurance companies accountable for keeping the state law.
Bills to define and regulate sober living housing, add funding for local peer-led support programs and better enforce healthcare parity laws are high priority for mental health stakeholders this session.
More than 10,000 people visited the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta during the first 24 hours of his lying in repose, which began Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. The former president's casket was to be flown to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7 before returning to Georgia for his burial Jan. 9 in Plains.
Carter served as the 39th president of the United States and the 76th governor of Georgia. He is being remembered across the globe as a humanitarian, peacemaker and a man of faith who loved his family.
After leaving office in 1981, former President Jimmy Carter continued to write and give speeches. But all writers, even former presidents, need editors. And for Carter, Steve Hochman filled that role.
On Oct. 1, 1986, former President Jimmy Carter spoke at the formal dedication of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Nearly 40 years later, the museum is filled with more than artifacts of his four years as president. It is chock full of evidence of a life well-lived. Dr. Meredith Evans, director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, spoke with GPB's Peter Biello at the museum during a live broadcast of All Things Considered.
Much of former president Jimmy Carter’s legacy was forged after his time in the White House. For more than 40 years, the Atlanta-based Carter Center continues to honor the Carters’ legacy of quiet diplomacy and service. Center CEO Paige Alexander sat down with GPB's Pamela Kirkland to discuss how the center is continuing its mission in the wake of President Carter’s passing.
Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New Hampshire early in 1976 and rode that momentum all the way to Washington.
The former first lady died on Nov. 19, 2023, but the programs she helped create could have lasting impact in Georgia and around the world, says Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander.
