LaShawn Hudson

Film director B. Monet says Black women have gone through so much adversity, but they still find a way to triumph. It’s a story Monet seeks to tell in her new documentary, “Black Girls.”

Ann Hill Bond, an Atlanta-based journalist and chair of the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition, grew up reading poetry and loved the work of Nikki Giovanni, who died earlier this week. On Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Hill Bond discussed her favorite Giovanni poem, “My Poem.”

CARE USA, which is headquartered in Atlanta, is responding to what it calls the enormous humanitarian needs of vulnerable people in Syria. Michelle Nunn, who serves as CEO of the global humanitarian organization, was a guest on Friday’s edition of “Closer Look.”

Longtime friends turned business partners, Clifford W. Knights II and Steve Vixamar grew up with a lack of health care. Now, it’s their mission to provide sexual health care, mental health care, and wraparound resources through HealthyMD.

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board recently released the cases of Leroy Bradwell, Hattie DeBardelaben, and Rev. Samuel Earl Sawyer, Sr.

Rosalyn ‘Roz’ Grimes, who considers herself a lifelong fan of “Good Times,” was around five or six when she first watched the pioneering television show. She says she and her cousin watched it religiously growing up. Her love of the show led her to share her appreciation with actress Bern Nadette Stanis, who played Thelma Evans on the CBS sitcom.

This year marks 70 years since the Supreme Court issued its historic decision in the Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit. The landmark ruling outlawed racial segregation in public schools.

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled Thursday morning that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be removed from Georgia’s election interference case.

As Charis Books and More in Decatur celebrates its 50th anniversary, “Closer Look” show host Rose Scott talks with Charis owners Sara Luce Look, Angela Gabriel and executive director Errol “E.R.” Anderson about the bookstore’s many storied chapters.

“Unrelenting, jam-packed, and chaotic” are some of the words used to describe the overall year in politics.