Looking Back at 2025
The year in Black culture, according to UATL editor Mike Jordan

A look back at 2025 with UATL’s Mike Jordan

UATL’s Mike Jordan looks back at 2025.

Ernie Suggs

A look back at 2025 with UATL’s Ernie Suggs

From Andre Dickens to De La Soul, the senior reporter reflects on Black culture moments that stood out.

Christopher A. Daniel

A look back at 2025 with UATL’s Christopher Daniel

UATL’s Christopher Daniel looks back at 2025.

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There won't be a Peach Drop this year, but there will always be New Year's resolutions. What are yours? (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)
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‘It’s UATL podcast’: Looking back at the year in Black culture

The 'It’s UATL' podcast hosts talk New Year's resolutions.

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Watch: Atlanta’s arts funding is shockingly low. Hear what one gallery owner thinks.

Dwight Elliston, the Atlanta curator and owner of Elliston Fine Art gallery, discusses the impact of Georgia ranking last in state arts funding.

An undated image demonstrates a squat, a great exercise for building lower body strength, and can be done with a chair to start, and with hand weights as you progress over the long-term. (Gritchelle Fallesgon/The New York Times)
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‘It’s UATL’ podcast: Keeping a positive body image

In the latest episode of the “It’s UATL” podcast, hosts Najja Parker, Nedra Rhone and DeAsia Paige talk about what it means to have a positive body image.

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Staff Picks
TikTok quarter zip

How young Black men are making the quarter-zip cool

Thanks to TikTok, what started as a playful video mocking knits zipped to the chin with a fresh matcha latte in hand, has quickly taken on the shape of a cultural movement.

Donation bins more of a burden than a benefit
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RHONE: In some Atlanta neighborhoods, donation bins are more burden than benefit

While the holidays are a time for giving, in several Atlanta neighborhoods, that goodwill is leaving the surrounding areas looking more like dumping grounds.

Atlanta Mayor Dickens unveils new equity efforts to uplift residents, equity, an Inclusion.
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Atlanta officials quietly rebrand city’s DEI office

The city of Atlanta office overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion is getting a rebrand amid assaults at the federal level on such initiatives.

The ‘best classic restaurant’ in Georgia, according to Food & Wine
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Expansion of the Busy Bee Cafe offers lesson for the new year

Mayor Andre Dickens reveals Atlanta’s bold vision for 2026 World Cup

Is Atlanta a Black mecca? Mayor Dickens weighs in.

Interview with Mayor Dickens

Is Atlanta the Black mecca, according to Mayor Andre Dickens?

Black-owned bookstore that celebrated works by entertainers and activists nears its final chapter

Black-owned bookstore that was an Atlanta staple nears its final chapter

January books

A New Year’s reset: UATL’s January 2026 book recommendations

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Clark Atlanta football coach let go; program moving in ‘different direction’

Why social media feels like it’s reading your mind

Torpy at Large: Welcome to the (vanishing) neighborhood
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Reflections on a life in print: My four-decade journey with the AJC

Ernie Suggs

A look back at 2025 with UATL’s Ernie Suggs