--- title: "Culture - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/culture/page/2/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/culture/page/2/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PeachTreePineSocialHeader-1024x576.jpg)](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) [ May 10 2023 ](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) ## [The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) This story was originally published by Scalawag as a part of A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City.  I remember the very day I unknowingly began the process of homemaking inside the Peachtree-Pine shelter operated by the Metro Atlanta Task […] [ The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City Read More »](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/priscilla-header-1024x576.jpg)](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) [ May 8 2023 ](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) ## [31 Days in Dekalb County Hell](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) This story was originally published by Scalawag as a part of A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City. This essay mentions state-sanctioned death, violent prison conditions, and suicide. Names have been changed to protect privacy.  “One day closer to home.” [ 31 Days in Dekalb County Hell Read More »](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cop-City-primer_feat.-img-1024x576.jpg)](/this-is-the-atlanta-way-a-primer-on-cop-city/) [ May 4 2023 ](/this-is-the-atlanta-way-a-primer-on-cop-city/) ## [This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City](/this-is-the-atlanta-way-a-primer-on-cop-city/) This story was originally published by Scalawag as a part of A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City. Click to read this story with an interactive timeline of events. Micah Herskind is an organizer and writer based in Atlanta, GA. [ This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City Read More »](/this-is-the-atlanta-way-a-primer-on-cop-city/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/what-is-a-labor-press-and-why-do-we-need-one/) [ Mar 6 2021 ](/what-is-a-labor-press-and-why-do-we-need-one/) ## [What is a labor press and why do we need one?](/what-is-a-labor-press-and-why-do-we-need-one/) The journalism crisis and how it affects working class people THE UNITED STATES — Last week, the Mainline published “How the PRO Act would help working Georgians,” written by Democratic Socialists of America member K.A. Bond. Upon publishing, we declared [ What is a labor press and why do we need one? Read More »](/what-is-a-labor-press-and-why-do-we-need-one/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/op-ed-things-i-wanted-to-say-in-2020/) [ Jan 3 2021 ](/op-ed-things-i-wanted-to-say-in-2020/) ## [Op-Ed: Things I wanted to say in 2020](/op-ed-things-i-wanted-to-say-in-2020/) Conversations, statements, comments, recommendations, and other rants I wanted to have in 2020, but didn’t. ATLANTA — As 2020 came to a close, I couldn\’t help but notice how many wrap-ups and reviews there were. In a year that felt [ Op-Ed: Things I wanted to say in 2020 Read More »](/op-ed-things-i-wanted-to-say-in-2020/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) [ Nov 8 2020 ](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) ## [Op-Ed: Why we need to stop glamorizing American politics and politicians](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) It’s cheap. It’s lazy. It\’s anti-activist. And above all else, it’s an illusion. Author’s note: It’s interesting to be a dissenting voice in such an intense air of celebration. While I certainly don’t want to rain on some Americans’ parade [ Op-Ed: Why we need to stop glamorizing American politics and politicians Read More »](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/poetry-on-democracy-2020/) [ Oct 27 2020 ](/poetry-on-democracy-2020/) ## [Poetry: ON DEMOCRACY 2020](/poetry-on-democracy-2020/) “Say yes to Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Buster KeatonHank Williams, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Robert Crumb.Say yes to fear, no to despair.Say no at last to hatred, to injusticeyes to the juices of love.Say yes at last to Walt Whitman, [ Poetry: ON DEMOCRACY 2020 Read More »](/poetry-on-democracy-2020/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) [ Sep 15 2020 ](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) ## [Op-Ed: What I did instead of calling 911](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) Community members in District 2 of Atlanta respond to evolving incidents involving a homeless person of color, revealing the city’s dire need for reformed systems and current leadership’s failure to act ATLANTA — Since July, there have been numerous reports [ Op-Ed: What I did instead of calling 911 Read More »](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG-4458-1024x685.jpg)](/first-hand-experience-the-stroll/) [ Aug 17 2020 ](/first-hand-experience-the-stroll/) ## [My experience: ‘The Stroll’](/first-hand-experience-the-stroll/) My time living on Everhart Street in Atlanta, Ga., from 2014 to 2018 There are two ways I can begin telling this story. Both are unsettling.  Either: My home was robbed by my seemingly best friend’s new boyfriend in Decatur, [ My experience: ‘The Stroll’ Read More »](/first-hand-experience-the-stroll/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bend-in-river-1.jpg)](/short-story-a-bend-in-the-river/) [ Aug 14 2020 ](/short-story-a-bend-in-the-river/) ## [‘A Bend in the River’](/short-story-a-bend-in-the-river/) The water along this curve of the river is quiet, shallow, and easy-going. In some places, the water is as still as a looking glass, a silver screen reflecting beams of sunlight and floating-by clouds. Ships of various sizes and [ ‘A Bend in the River’ Read More »](/short-story-a-bend-in-the-river/)