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.
Vanderbilt Study Finds 1.5M More Kids Are Going Hungry Because Of The Pandemic
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.
Many Tennessee Teachers Fear A Return To The Classroom, And Some Are Even Quitting
Plans for the upcoming semester have been changing by the week for Middle Tennessee school districts. And now that in-person classes are imminent for many districts, teachers are facing their concerns about the coronavirus. And some of them are giving up their jobs.
Loved Ones And Activists Mourn The Deaths Of Two Nashville Men Killed By City Police
Candlelight flickered across Public Square Park Tuesday night at a vigil mourning the deaths of two Nashville men killed by local police officers.
Masks Required In Rutherford County Schools, But The Board Is Unsure About Reopening
Rutherford County Schools will require masks for everyone inside buildings in the coming year after a unanimous school board vote Tuesday. Yet whether in-person classes will even happen is still undetermined.
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