The future of Pride celebrations in Tennessee is uncertain. Summer festivals, drag shows and book displays celebrating LGBTQ Tennesseans have faced pushback throughout the state.
Conservative backlash to drag shows could endanger the future of Pride celebrations in Tennessee
Despite public pressure for more renewables, TVA recommends turning its coal-fired Cumberland plant into a natural gas facility
After mounting public pressure to hasten its transition to renewables, the Tennessee Valley Authority is pushing ahead with a recommendation to replace an aging coal plant with another fossil fuel: natural gas.
Talking life, theater and the sacrifices artists make for creation
Every other Friday for This Is Nashville, I hop out of my host chair and into the passenger seat to ride shotgun with a fellow Middle Tennessean. In honor of the performing arts theme for this Friday’s episode, native Tennessean Drew Ogles with the Nashville Repertory Theater picked me up at the NPR headquarters, and we […]
As Nashville closes encampments, nonprofits are coordinating ‘gap’ housing options
Newly posted signs at Brookmeade Park in West Nashville declare Jan. 4 is the closing date when renovations will begin. That’s the deadline for people living there to find somewhere else to go.
Gov. Lee appeals to Congress to end COVID vaccine mandate affecting 800 Tennessee guardsmen
Gov. Bill Lee is leading Republican governors around the country, asking Congress to end a COVID vaccine mandate for the military as recruitment and retention are suffering. So far, no Tennessee guardsmen have been discharged from their duties, but hundreds are still refusing to get the vaccine.
Rutherford County is back in court over juvenile arrests, now fighting insurer to cover its payouts
Rutherford County is suing its insurance provider for refusing to cover its settlement in a large class action lawsuit over its unlawful policies for arresting and detaining children.
On this World Aids Day, we look at the legacy of a Nashville advocate for those living with HIV
Much has changed about the prevention and treatment of AIDS, but there’s still work to do. That’s why local artist and health educator Cynthia Harris wrote the play, “The Calling is in the Body.”
How Nashville has backtracked on HIV despite effective prevention options
The South represents more than half of all new HIV cases in the U.S., and the region is making slower progress than the rest of the nation, according to the latest HIV/AIDS figures kept by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A court case on TVA’s rolling contracts could affect your electricity bills
Contracts with local power companies have allowed TVA to lock in revenue from most of its companies without competition. That could change, with a years-long legal effort now bubbling to the surface.
What an elusive island on the Cumberland tells us about Nashville’s first big business — buying and selling enslaved people
You wouldn’t know by looking at it today, but Hill’s Island has an important story to tell about Nashville’s role in the trade of enslaved people.
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