Series: I didn't recognize you without the extra hundred and fifty pounds, Marcus, Chantal whispered across the VIP table at our ten-year high school reunion gala.

The West End Avenue office, my campaign headquarters, sat under a leaden sky, still shackled by the city’s chains. I returned late that afternoon, the [more…]

The diner on the corner of Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard and James P. Brawley Drive hummed with the usual late-afternoon chatter. The scent of fried [more…]

The Fulton County Civic Center auditorium buzzed with pre-debate energy. Stagehands moved across the brightly lit stage, adjusting microphones and checking monitors. Councilman Gaines, impeccably [more…]

The auditorium fell into a stunned silence, broken only by the whirring of news cameras now fully deployed and focused on the stage. Chantal Dubois [more…]

The Fulton County Superior Courtroom was packed, every seat taken. Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the hushed air. Jamal [more…]

Two weeks later, the Atlanta skyline shimmered under a clear spring morning sky. I sat on a park bench in Piedmont Park, looking out at [more…]