Ebralie Mwizerwa is a mother of five, an accountant, a devoted church-goer — and a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She fled with her family while pregnant and now runs a nonprofit that assists incoming refugee families in Nashville, Tennessee.
Versify #2: Why We Will Never Forget April 1994
Versify #1: There’s No Cure
Fred Bailey grew up blind on a farm in Gallatin, Tennessee — except he didn’t actually know he was blind at first.
Behind In Funds, Mt. Juliet Senator Beavers Says She’ll Resign Her Seat To Focus On Run For Governor
Listen Republican Mae Beavers says she’s stepping down after 14 years in the state Senate to focus on her run for governor. The Mt. Juliet lawmaker made the announcement at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, saying she couldn’t continue to represent her district east of Nashville while simultaneously campaigning statewide. Beavers also used the occasion […]
Sounds Stadium Will Host Nashville’s Minor League Soccer
Nashville’s minor league soccer team will play their inaugural season inside a baseball stadium. Wednesday morning, standing inside the diamond normally occupied by the Nashville Sounds, NashvilleSC’s marketing director said First Tennessee Park is a good fit. “It checked all the boxes for everything we wanted,” James Cannon said. “The spectators are going to be […]
After Supporting Obamacare Repeal, Alexander Takes On Tall Task Of Extending It
Listen Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander says the next round of hearings on health care will take place during the first week in September.
101st Airborne Remembers Vietnam, Where Air Assault Was Born
Listen The 101st Airborne is hosting Vietnam Veterans at Fort Campbell this week as part of the division’s 75th anniversary. While the unit was born in World War II, Vietnam is where the division earned its modern role in the Army.
Despite Defending Confederate Bust Four Decades Ago, Alexander Now Says It Should Go
Four decades after defending the placement of a Confederate bust in the State Capitol, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander now says it should go. The Republican lawmaker and former governor told reporters Tuesday that he’s come to see a statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest as inappropriate in a place of honor such as the […]
More Tennessee Students Than Ever Are Taking AP Tests
Never have so many Tennessee students taken Advanced Placement exams. And they’re getting more college credit than ever before too.
Nashville Zookeepers Wonder: Was It The Eclipse That Spooked Animals — Or The Screaming People?
Here’s a follow up of sorts to a story WPLN’s Meribah Knight did before the eclipse on how the Nashville Zoo was preparing to observe, with the help of citizen scientists, the reaction of animals during the eclipse. Listen
A Man, A Synth, An Eclipse — Hear How The Atmosphere Made Music During Totality
Listen To fully appreciate this eclipse story, WPLN recommends the audio version (above). An experimental musician brought his weather-controlled synthesizer to the roof of Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville for the total solar eclipse. The so-called “Weather Warlock” made a soundtrack based on the atmospheric conditions of wind, temperature and sunlight.
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