Community Oversight Passed. Now What?
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor David Briley was against it. Former Mayor Megan Barry sabotaged it. The City Council voted it down. Police Chief Steve Anderson hated it. The Fraternal Order of...
View ArticleChristmas at the Covingtons
NASHVILLE, TN – Rose and George Covington live in a 4-bedroom, two-bath brick house on Meridian St in East Nashville. They are still doing what they started doing 45 years ago: raising children. Their...
View ArticleGovernor Haslam Grants Cyntoia Brown Clemency
Special to the Tribune from the LA Sentinel Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has granted clemency to a woman serving a life sentence for murder who says she was a...
View ArticleDelke Case Bound Over to Grand Jury
By Tribune staff The Andrew Delke case will proceed to a grand jury. That was announced Monday as judge Marsha Blackburn ruled all the evidence brought by the prosecution was enough to move the case...
View ArticleJudge Sends Delke Case to Grand Jury
NASHVILLE, TN – On Monday Judge Melissa Blackburn ordered the Hambrick murder case bound over to the Davidson County Grand Jury. Blackburn said there was sufficient proof and probable cause to...
View ArticleNational Museum of African American History and Culture in DC and Others...
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation’s capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the...
View ArticleNAPFE Swears in First Woman National President
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — The beginning of 2019 has seen women take the helm in historic numbers all over the United States. There are more than 100 women sworn into congress and the legislature...
View ArticleNorth Nashville Program Being Held at Tennessee State Museum January 16th
NASHVILLE, TN — With the rapid decline and disappearance of North Nashville’s historic environment and the continued displacement of its long-term residents, the time has come for a critical...
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Statements on Cyntoia Brown’s Clemency
CYNTOIA DENISE BROWN STATEMENT The following statement was issued by Cyntoia Denise Brown in response to Gov. Bill Haslam’s clemency decision: Cynthia Brown has been granted clemency by Governor Bill...
View ArticleCooper Reintroduces No Budget, No Pay Act
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would stop congressional pay if Congress fails to pass its spending bills on time. The No Budget, No Pay Act,...
View ArticleUnited Way to Lead Citywide Literacy Plan
NASHVILLE, TN — The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville has been selected as the lead organization to manage the implementation of the “Blueprint for Early Childhood Success,” the first-of-its-kind...
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New Law to Ensure Minority Participation in Metro Spending
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Like many who’ve seen progress on civil rights, several community leaders say metro’s new Equal Business Opportunity Law is a good start, but there’s more work to be...
View ArticleAt Last! TN Gov. Haslam Frees Cyntoia
Statement of Beatriz Beckford, campaign director, and Monifa Bandele, senior vice president of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families,...
View ArticleAmericans More Pragmatic than Trump on Border Security
It’s “xenophobic rhetoric” and “fear mongering,” but most Americans are more pragmatic about border security, according to NAACP leaders and friends commenting on President Trump’s first televised Oval...
View ArticleWhite House Correspondent April Ryan to Give MLK Keynote
By Jalen Blue WASHINGTON, DC — April Ryan, the White House correspondent and Washington, D.C., bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and a CNN political analyst, will deliver the 2019 Martin...
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Enterprising Women Forum Inspires Nashville Students
By Cillea Houghton NASHVILLE, TN — Students at Pearl-Cohn High School were enlightened to STEAM opportunities (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) through the Young Enterprising Women...
View ArticleMancini Reelected Democratic Party Chair
By Ashley Benkarski The Democratic Party is sticking with its leadership in the face of another top-ticket defeat by Republicans last year. Members of the Executive Committee voted Sat., Jan. 12 at the...
View ArticleBus Riders Give WeGo/MTA Bad Report Card
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Music City Riders United (MCRU) released a 19-page report last week about the quality of the city’s bus service. The grades indicate a number of problems plague the bus...
View ArticleThe Tribune, AKA and TSU Community Partnership Serves Veterans
NASHVILLE, TN — In honor of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated’s 2019 Founder’s Day celebration, the Alpha Delta Omega Chapter announces their new community partnership with The Tennessee...
View ArticleJustice for the Groveland Four 70 Years Later
Deceased Nashville businessman Charles L. Greenlee receives full pardon 70 years after being wrongfully accused of rape in Florida By Cynthia Anderson NASHVILLE, TN — Carol Greenlee finally has justice...
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