What was the dawn of Nashville’s electric age like? Plus the local news for Nov. 1, 2024.
NashVillager Podcast: Let there be light
How Biden affected TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a unique utility. It’s one of the biggest in the nation, serving 10 million people, yet it’s also public. The utility is owned by the federal government and shaped by U.S. presidents — including, most recently, Joe Biden.
NashVillager Podcast: Counting up our population
What exactly is a special census? Plus the local news for Oct. 31, 2024.
Tennessee statehouse races to keep an eye on as Election Day approaches
As early voting winds down Thursday, here are a few state races to watch this election season.
Spitting on Andrew Jackson’s grave with Rebecca Nagle
That’s how Nagle begins her new book and how she frames the version of history she’s telling. The book digs into the past and future of Native sovereignty through the lens of one of the most significant Supreme Court rulings for Native Americans in over 100 years.
NashVillager Podcast: Connecting the dots
How does our newsroom do what it does? Plus the local news for October 30, 2024.
An 11-year-old denied making a threat and was allowed to return to school. Tennessee police arrested him anyway.
Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a series of increasingly punitive laws aimed not only at preventing future violence but dissuading kids from making threats that disrupt school and terrify other students.
‘We want people to hear our voices’: Election Day inside a Nashville jail
Election Day is one week away for the majority of Nashvillians. But for people incarcerated in Davidson County’s jails, in-person voting happens one week earlier, on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Titans are off to their worst start since 2015 and looking for answers with a 1st-year coach
Coach Brian Callahan said Monday he knows the Titans have no proof to show for how they are working. He says there’s no “sugar-coating” with Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk. Callahan says the NFL is a results business and the Titans are 1-6.
NashVillager Podcast: ARPANET to data hacks
When did the internet come to be, and who was responsible for it? Plus the local news for October 29, 2024.
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