This is a story about the assumptions we all make. And the secrets we keep. With WPLN reporter Meribah Knight as the go-between, Big Man, a public housing resident from the Cayce Homes, walks across the street to meet the wealthy couple who live in the fancy new home on the hill. In breaking the silence between the two sides of the gentrifying neighborhood, a friendship begins to form — only to be dashed in a way no one could have expected.
Season 1, Part 4: The Great Divide
Metro Auditor Joins Investigation Into Mayor Barry
Listen Metro’s auditor will be involved in the investigation into Mayor Megan Barry’s travel spending related to the bodyguard with whom she was having an affair. The Nashville Internal Audit Committee decided Tuesday that auditor Mark Swann will not pursue his own case, but rather take guidance from the Metro Council’s seven-member special committee.
Tennessee’s Next Governor: Interest In School Vouchers Dims
Listen In recent years, one of the biggest debates in Tennessee has been whether to give families vouchers for their children to attend private schools. But after state lawmakers’ failed attempts to get a plan through, interest in the issue among the candidates for governor seems to be diminishing.
To Boost Its Fashion Chops, Belmont University Acquires O’More College Of Design
Belmont University announced a plan Tuesday to merge with the Franklin-based O’More College of Design. This upcoming fall, all O’More students will move to Belmont’s campus in Nashville. The plan will unite the two schools’ graphic design programs and sees Belmont taking on three others: interior design, fashion design and fashion merchandising. Belmont President […]
Opioid Users Have Increased Risk of Deadly Infections, Vanderbilt Researchers Find
Listen Vanderbilt researchers have published a study that shows opioid painkillers — particularly in their most potent forms — put patients at significantly higher risk of deadly infections. The findings were released Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Neighbors: Matt Got Shot, Part 2
In Part 2 of the Neighbors mini-series “Matt Got Shot,” we explore the reality of the trauma of getting shot: first to Matt’s body, then his identity and finally to his mind.
Bipartisan Lawmakers Make Impassioned Plea To Reduce Job Barriers For Felons in Tennessee
Listen A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change a law that blocks people with criminal records from getting licensed for certain jobs.
Here Are The 7 Council Members Investigating Mayor’s Spending Related To Affair
Vice Mayor David Briley has named the seven council members to serve on its special committee to investigate whether Mayor Megan Barry used money improperly during her affair with the head of her security detail. The group comprises Erica Gilmore, Bob Mendes, Brenda Haywood, Robert Swope, Burkley Allen, Mina Johnson and Russ Pulley. Briley set […]
Public Hospitals Chief Warns Nashville There’s ‘No Free Lunch’ On Indigent Care
Listen The leader of the national trade group representing public hospitals warns that Nashville will end up paying for indigent care, one way or another. Mayor Megan Barry has paused plans to close inpatient services at Nashville General but still wants a cost-reduction plan by the end of the year.
Memphis Confederate Monument Fight Draws In Lawmakers Across Tennessee
Listen The issue of Confederate monument removal has come back to the state legislature this year in the shape of several bills filed, mainly, by East Tennessee Republicans.
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