Stories by Adina Solomon

Adina Solomon is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta. She writes on a range of topics with specialties in city design, business and death. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, CityLab, U.S. News & World Report, and other national and local outlets.

When the Halfway House Is Prison 2.0

Denver Tries to Build Better Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People

Incarcerated people work in a rock quarry, possibly Keith Quarry near Palmetto, Georgia, around 1948.

Atlanta Reckons with the Convict Labor that Built the City

Atlanta’s Night Mayor Will Govern More Than Parties

What Happened When Police Moved Into This Atlanta Neighborhood

Atlanta Tried Housing Police in Disinvested Black Communities to Increase Trust. Is it Working?

Ole Miss College Football Game

Gameday Homes Increase Housing Prices in Southern College Towns

Raymond Drive street sign

Atlanta Suburb Focuses on Bringing Equity to Growing Latinx Community

Questions Remain About New Affordable Homeownership Program Run by an Atlanta For-Profit

An Atlanta Neighborhood Will Finally Own Property as a Community

How an Artist Village in Georgia Involves Neighborhood Residents

Improving River Recreation Without Gentrification in Atlanta

Atlanta’s Trying to Support, Not Punish, Its Teenage Water Vendors

Why This Atlanta Park Has a Dedicated Case Manager

Participatory Budgeting Comes to Atlanta

Growing Atlanta Suburb Reclaiming an Unexpected Public Space

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