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Since its approval by the Atlanta City Council in 2021, the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center—more commonly referred to as Cop City—has been a flashpoint of controversy. The $90 million facility is set to be built within a large forest adjacent to predominantly Black and poor neighborhoods; in protest, activists have taken up residence in the forest to try to stop its construction. In January, conflict between police and protesters turned deadly. On episode 72 of The Politics of Everything,

James "Fergie" Chambers, heir to the Cox media empire ripped its sprawling businesses as "rotten capitalism."

Clyde Higgs says Atlanta's trail is entering a period that is “like nothing we’ve ever seen in Beltline history" and will be finished by 2030

The James M. Cox Foundation Technology Immersion Lab was funded by a $500,000 grant from the foundation, which is the charitable arm of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, the parent company of cable TV and internet provider Cox Communications.

Banner Children’s at Desert Medical Center has received a $5 million gift from James M. Cox Foundation to create a one-stop clinic for East Valley kids battling cancer.