Wilson County has made a last-minute decision to delay the start of the school year by two weeks. Meanwhile, an East Tennessee district says it’s already experienced its first case of the coronavirus, just two days after reopening.
Tennessee Schools Scrambling As Start Of Academic Year Nears
Middle Tennessee Teens Mobilized Thousands To Protest George Floyd’s Death. Now They’re Learning About Local Killings By Police.
On the two-year anniversary of the death of a Nashville man who by police, six teen activists who have been at the forefront of recent Black Lives Matter protests are learning where their own hometown fits within the national narrative about police brutality and racial justice.
Versify: Season 4 Trailer
In Season 4 of Versify, we bring you the stories of a remarkable band of historical luminaries, connected by their courageous commitment to racial equality in the 1960s: the Nashville Freedom Riders. We hear of their experiences, in their own words, and our poets turn their narratives into poetry.
Vanderbilt Study Finds 1.5M More Kids Are Going Hungry Because Of The Pandemic
The pandemic’s ripple effects have meant 1.5 million more kids are going hungry, according to a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics. The polling data puts numbers to a food insecurity problem that has been occurring out of sight.
COVID-19 Shows Up In 43 New Tennessee Nursing Homes
An additional 43 long-term care facilities in Tennessee are reporting cases of COVID-19 now that the state mandates weekly testing of employees.
Breaking Points: Honoring ‘Black Women Who Do Good For Society’
In Nashville’s civil rights movements past and present, people too young to vote have imagined the just society they want to create. For 16-year-old Alora Young, a rising senior at Hillsboro High School and Nashville’s youth poet laureate, that includes acknowledging the contributions of Black women.
These Democrats Are Hoping To Be The Long-Shot Winners Of Tennessee’s Senate Seat
Democrats in Tennessee are starting to choose their nominee for the U.S. Senate. This time around, three relatively inexperienced candidates are the top contenders for the seat, even when it will be an uphill battle.
Breaking Points: ‘This Is The Time’ To Turn Anger About Oppression Into A New Future
Despite Howard Gentry’s prominent roles, he’s experienced racism that no amount of money or fame could help a black person escape. In this installment of our series Breaking Points, he says the current Black Lives Matter movement reminds him of a movement he witnessed up close decades earlier.
Innocence Project Calls For Testing Newly Discovered Evidence In Tennessee Death Row Case
A Tennessee man who is scheduled for execution this December is asking the state to give him one more chance to prove his innocence.
Officer Andrew Delke’s Murder Trial Is Rescheduled For February
The first murder trial of a Nashville police officer has been postponed twice — first to work around a scheduling conflict for an expert witness, then because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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