Week in Review: Calls for Kennedy to resign and the Marietta bookstore centering LGBTQ stories

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Two top officials who resigned last week from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of grave threats to public health under the Trump administration, as Georgia’s two U.S. senators call for U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign.

We mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School. Plus, a visit to a bookstore in Marietta that makes sure LGBTQ folks are the main characters of their stories, and we explain why state scientists are studying rusty fish hooks left behind in rivers and streams.

Also in this episode: Emory University says it’s closing its diversity, equity and inclusion offices to comply with federal mandates, and the Atlanta Falcons open their 2025 season on Sunday with hopes of breaking an eight-year playoff drought.