Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Accelerated summer program prepares Georgia students for construction careers

Victoria Miller had just lost her job and needed a new one. Walking home from the Ashby MARTA station in March, she passed the building that houses Westside Works, a nonprofit organization that offers ...
11Alive

Atlanta Westside construction-industry students build and shape city's future

ATLANTA — Over on Atlanta's Westside sits a neighborhood in transition. Christian Clark-Ward moved to Atlanta as a boy and has seen change with the swing of a crane. Clark-Ward now has a daughter with ...
Mother Jones

DOGE Killed Dozens of Grants That Supported Women Workers

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) terminated more than two dozen grants to ...
The Business Journals

Atlanta's largest developments recruit workers from Westside skills-training program

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Some of Atlanta's biggest ...
American Enterprise Institute

Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works

Job training and workforce development programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other ...