Nearly a decade after Martin Luther King Jr's death, President Jimmy Carter posthumously awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom . The activist's widow, Coretta Scott King, accepted the award on his behalf. On Second Thought producer Sean Powers took us back to that day at the White House with an audio postcard.

Georgia leads most of the nation in average student loan debt. Nearly 1.5 million Georgians owe an average of $30,000 in federal student debt. Defaulting on student loans hurts more than your credit score ; it can also result in losing your professional license. In more than a dozen states, including Georgia, your license can be seized if you don't keep up with your loan payments. We talked with Debra Curry, a college graduate and Georgia registered nurse who nearly lost her ability to practice

Between 1956 and 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee wrote a series of personal letters , now available to the public at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. The letters, written during the same period as Lee wrote "Mockingbird" and "Go Set a Watchman," sheds light on the relationships of a renowned writer who was legendarily private. The correspondence also provides a new look into the civil rights movement-era South in which Lee wrote her

Ex-Atlanta Hawks employee Margo Kline is suing the team for racial discrimination . Kline, who is white, says she experienced racial discrimination from her manager, who is African-American. “Our case is not a platform for what some call 'reverse racism. It is an attempt to obtain redress for a hard-working, loyal individual who lost her job because of the color of her skin and her complaints to management and HR about the mistreatment she experienced," said Amanda Thompson, Kline's attorney.

April 4 marks 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, and all this week we're paying tribute to King and his legacy. King's mission and sense of purpose are manifest in more recent mass protests, such as the 2017 Women's March and the anti-gun violence March for Our Lives. We looked at the effect of today’s marches and the future of activism with Coco Papy , a community organizer in Savannah, freelance writer Anjali Enjeti and civil rights historian Deric Gilliard

Georgia leads most of the nation in average student loan debt. Nearly 1.5 million Georgians owe an average of $30,000 in federal student debt. Defaulting on student loans hurts more than your credit score ; it can also result in losing your professional license. In more than a dozen states, including Georgia, your license can be seized if you don't keep up with your loan payments.

Before teenage rom-com " Love, Simon " hit the big screens, high school student Simon Spier was the center of the novel " Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ." Set in Atlanta, both the film and the novel follow Simon as he struggles to be open about his sexual identity. "I'm just like you, except I have one huge ass secret," Simon says in the film. "Nobody knows I'm gay." There have been films about coming of age and films about coming out, but "Love, Simon" is the first mainstream, major studio

On Thursday, 'Sine Die' marked the last day of the Georgia General Assembly's 2018 legislative session. As always, lawmakers scrambled to vote on as many bills as possible before the midnight deadline. We talked with Lisa Rayam , Capitol correspondent for Georgia Public Broadcasting, about what bills are on Governor Nathan Deal’s desk, and which of them are likely to become law. Bills going to Gov. Deal's desk: Approval of the $26.2 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year Protestors

Before the new teen romantic comedy, “Love, Simon” hit the big screens, it was a novel. "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" follows the story of a highschool boy who struggles with his sexual identity. This is the first major studio production to revolve around a teenager who is gay. Filmed in Georgia, we talked with the Atlanta-based author, Becky Albertalli . On Thursday, 'Sine Die' marked the last day of the Georgia state legislative session of 2018. As always, lawmakers scrambled to vote on

We rounded up this week's new in today's edition of the Breakroom. Joining the conversation was Greg Williams , host of the radio show "Greg's List," Mercer University English professor Anya Silver , author Nicki Salcedo and LGBT educator and activist Robbie Medwed .