Katherine Anne Couric is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media,a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter,Wake Up Call. From 2013 to 2017,she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host at all of the Big Three television networks in the United States,and in her early career she was an assignment editor for CNN. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006,CBS News from 2006 to 2011,and ABC News from 2011 to 2014. In 2021,she appeared as a guest host for the game show Jeopardy!,the first woman to host the flagship American version of the show in its history.
Janice Schakowsky is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta,Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. The two staffs were combined in 1982. Separate publication of the morning Constitution and the afternoon Journal ended in 2001 in favor of a single morning paper under the Journal-Constitution name.
Alpha Xi Delta is a women's fraternity founded on April 17,1893 at Lombard College in Galesburg,Illinois,United States.
Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ),also known as Tri Delta,is a global women's fraternity and Greek life organization founded on November 27,1888 at Boston University by Sarah Ida Shaw,Eleanor Dorcas Pond,Isabel Morgan Breed,and Florence Isabelle Stewart.
Phi Gamma Delta (ΦΓΔ),commonly known as Fiji,is a social fraternity with more than 144 active chapters and 10 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College,Pennsylvania,in 1848. Along with Phi Kappa Psi,Phi Gamma Delta forms a half of the Jefferson Duo. Since its founding in 1848,the fraternity has initiated more than 196,000 brothers. The nickname FIJI is used commonly by the fraternity due to Phi Gamma Delta bylaws that limit the use of the Greek letters.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13,1913 by twenty-two women at Howard University in Washington,D.C. Membership is open to any woman,regardless of religion,race,or nationality. Women may apply to join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university or through an alumnae chapter after earning a college degree.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,Inc. (ΖΦΒ) is a historically African American sorority. In 1920,five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people,encourage the highest standards of scholastic achievement,and foster a greater sense of unity among its members. These women believed that sorority elitism and socializing overshadowed the real mission for progressive organizations. Since its founding Zeta Phi Beta has historically focused on addressing social causes.
South Fulton is a city in Fulton County,Georgia,United States in the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was incorporated in 2017 from parts of southwest Fulton County and includes the communities of Red Oak,Cooks Crossing,Stonewall,Fife,Ben Hill,Sandtown,Cliftondale,Ono,Cedar Grove,Boat Rock/Dry Pond,Maude,Lester,Enon,Welcome All,Peters Woods,and part of Campbellton. As of 2020,it had a population of 107,436,making it the state's eighth-largest city in population. Also as of 2020,South Fulton has the highest African-American percentage of any U.S. city over 100,000,surpassing highly African-American cities such as Detroit and Jackson.
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American attorney and retired politician who served as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2021 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 2008 to 2021. The district included most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron.
David Ralston was an American attorney and a Republican politician who was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 until his death. From 2010 onwards,he was also its 73rd Speaker of the House. Ralston was the longest-serving Republican Speaker in state history and the longest-serving Speaker of the Georgia General Assembly since Tom Murphy.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,harassment and assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of the allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district and as Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. The district includes almost three-quarters of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 2017-2021. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 8th and current county executive of Prince George's County,Maryland. She is also the first female county executive of Prince George's County,as well as the first African American female county executive in Maryland history. A member of the Democratic Party,Alsobrooks previously served two terms as the county's state's attorney from 2010 to 2018.
Sara P. Carruthers is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 47th district since 2019. A Republican,Carruthers represents portions of southern Butler County. Prior to elected office,Carruthers worked in the media industry,including for WKRC-TV in Cincinnati. She also worked as a press assistant for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Marjorie Taylor Greene,sometimes referred to by her initials MTG,is an American far-right politician,businesswoman,and conspiracy theorist who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves and was reelected in 2022.
Angela Stanton-King is an American author,television personality and conservative speaker based in Atlanta,Georgia. She spent two years in prison for conspiracy and was later pardoned by President Donald Trump a decade after serving her sentence. She subsequently became a media personality and was a main cast member on the third season of the BET docuseries From the Bottom Up. She was the Republican candidate for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 election,losing to Democrat Nikema Williams. Stanton-King has shown support for QAnon,which espouses a number of far-right conspiracy theories.
Monica Jones Kaufman Pearson is an American journalist and news anchor. Pearson's career first started in Louisville,Kentucky,as an anchor and reporter for WHAS-TV,while also working as a reporter for the Louisville Times. When Pearson moved to Atlanta,Georgia,in 1975,she became the first female and African-American to anchor the evening news at WSB-TV.
Jovita Moore was an American television news anchor who worked for WSB-TV in Atlanta,Georgia,from 1998 until her death.
