Atlanta gangs, our role in the gulf oil spill and Andisheh's former life as a Republican
A round-up of this week's CL news features you'll find elsewhere online and in print
For those of our dear readers who come straight to Fresh Loaf without checking our high-falutin' homepage (as well as those of you who read us via RSS feeds), here's a peek at the other CL news items you'll find this week on the site and in paper:
>> CL Editor Mara Shalhoup outlines some of the paper and site's changes and responds to reader questions. If you've got a suggestion, criticism, gripe, etc., send her an email or leave your comments here. We'd love to hear from you.
>> An oral history of Atlanta gangs, from their beginnings in the 1980s to their present-day incarnations as smash-and-grab outfits. Staff writer Gwynedd Stuart dug through court records and conducted interviews with current and former law enforcement officials to paint a vivid picture of these organizations and the violence they've practiced throughout the years.
>> This week's staff editorial: Who also shares some of the blame for the BP oil spill? We do.
>> Intern extraordinaire Ryan Brooks chats with Matthew Weaver, an East Atlanta Village personal stylist who knows how to work an ascot.
>> Speaking of personal stylists, CL's resident haberdasher Andisheh Nouraee recalls his short-lived stint as a Republican and how the GOP scared him away.
>> The only thing better than maps are maps with news.
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