Black Caucus Moves to Front and Center in COVID-19 Fight
By Ashley Benkarski NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. James Hildreth, President of Meharry Medical College has been helping officials navigate Nashville’s novel coronavirus outbreak and recently assisted the...
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Nursing Home Residents Treated to a Parade of Love
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – After shutting the doors to visitors in mid-March due to COVID-19, the staff at Graceland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center exceeded their goal for residents to see their...
View ArticleTennessee Seeks to Salvage Literacy
By Marta W. Aldrich A switch to phonics-based reading instruction is the aim of legislation that has resurfaced in the Tennessee General Assembly. Three months after Gov. Bill Lee tabled his...
View ArticleMinority Businesses Are Getting More Paycheck Protection Loans
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Ethnic Americans start and operate most of the small businesses in the U.S. Many “mom and pop” operations were devastated by COVID-19. Unfortunately, 90 percent of...
View ArticleWoman Rides Horse to Protest
OAKLAND, CA — Noble hadn’t planned to ride her horse, Dapper Dan, into the center of Friday evening’s protests in the city of Oakland. “It wasn’t a very planned thing,” the 25 year-old Bay Area native...
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By Peter White Budget Priorities With Less Money to Spend NASHVILLE, TN – State Comptroller Justin P. Wilson chaired a meeting of the State Funding Board last week for Governor Lee who attended...
View ArticleMayor’s Office of Performance Management Releases New Metro Efficiency...
NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor John Cooper’s Office of Performance Management (OPM) today released a set of newly developed metrics that enables the Mayor’s Office to more clearly and continuously track the...
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Black Activists Condemn Nationwide Rioting
WASHINGTON, DC — Saying people need to “stop rationalizing and excusing criminal activity,” members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemned the politically motivated riots that have...
View ArticleGov. Lee Condemned for Spending $8M on Toxic Face Masks
NASHVILLE, TN — TNDP Chair Mary Mancini has condemned Governor Bill Lee for spending $8 million on porous socks made with toxic materials. “Republicans can’t be trusted to do the right thing anymore....
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Pending MNPS Discipline Rules Criticized, Defended Before June 9 Board Meeting
MNPS Director Dr. Adrienne Battle appreciates “teacher, staff, and community feedback” toward changing the system’s Student Parent Handbook, but members of NOAH’s Education Task Force have objections....
View ArticleACTIVISTS OPPOSE TIGHTENING DISCIPLINE CODE IN MNPS
Dr. Donna Whitney, co-chair of the Education Task Force for Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH) By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN – At a time of nationwide protests against unequal policing...
View ArticleTime for NAACP to Reorganize and Refocus
By Rosetta Miller Perry Rev. Keith Caldwell’s sudden and abrupt resignation as president of the Nashville NAACP comes at a most difficult time in this city’s and nation’s history. Protests are...
View ArticleACLU-TN urges resignation of Nashville Police Chief Anderson
NASHVILLE, TN — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee today released the following statement calling for the resignation of Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson: “Over the last ten days,...
View ArticleLamar bill to end Nathan Bedford Forrest Day passes House Committee
NASHVILLE, TN — A bill that will bring an end to Nathan Bedford Forrest Day being a state holiday has passed its first hurdle. The bill, sponsored by Memphis Representative London Lamar, passed the...
View ArticleU.S. ethnic experts discuss a way forward
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. is in the grip of a triple crisis: the coronavirus pandemic, economic collapse, and widespread civil unrest over racial injustice. Each one presents formidable...
View ArticleOldest living Black funeral director celebrated at 90
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — On Sunday, June 7, a small crowd gathered at the corner of Curry Drive and Hyde Park Street in the Hyde Park community – not to protest man’s inhumanity to man, but to...
View ArticleWurzburg honored with Leech Award for Public Service
NASHVILLE, TN — Memphis attorney Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg will be honored with this year’s prestigious William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award, which will be presented by the TBA’s Young Lawyers Division...
View ArticleCalling for Change
Retired officer recalls racism in ranks By Ashley Benkarski NASHVILLE, TN — Retired police veteran Officer Reggie Miller of the Metro Police Department was horrified after seeing the gruesome video of...
View ArticleGeneral Hospital Gets New COVID Wards
Dr Joseph Webb, CEO of Nashville General Hospital, speaking at an the unveiling of two emergency COVID-19 wards on Friday June 5. “Nashville General Hospital has been providing care for this community...
View ArticleBody-Worn Cameras Coming to Metro
NASHVILLE, TN — As part of its response to the revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Metro has renegotiated more favorable agreements with select vendors. As part of this process,...
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