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Paige Pfleger

Paige Pfleger covers criminal justice for WPLN News. She has investigated guns and juvenile justice as a fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, and her investigation into domestic violence and firearms dispossession won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and was a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a Livingston Award. She previously covered criminal justice and addiction in Ohio and was named the state's reporter of the year by the Associated Press. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, The Washington Post, Marketplace, and PRI's The World, and she has worked in the newsrooms of The Tennessean, Michigan Radio, WHYY, Vox and NPR headquarters in DC.

Nashville families reflect on lost loved ones amid the city’s rising homicides

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Inside the Midtown Hills Police precinct Tuesday night, people gathered to make holiday ornaments. They spanned a wide range of ages and races, but they all have one thing in common: They’ve lost loved ones in violent crimes.

A forthcoming Native American-owned coffee shop hopes to make it easier to support indigenous communities

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The mission of Neon Moon is to make supporting the I in BIPOC as easy as buying a cup of coffee.

Nashville’s new Black symphony is powered by a love of classical music, and hopes to make it more representative

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The new Nashville African American Wind Symphony is made up of 52 Black classical musicians. Some are doctors. Others are lawyers, educators, engineers and politicians. Many studied music in college but set down their instruments years ago.

Nashville is rated as the most equitable city in the state for LGBTQ people, but could do better by transgender residents

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Nashville is the only Tennessee city rated above the national average in the latest Municipal Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. But it still has room for improvement — especially when it comes to providing resources to transgender residents.

First Kurdish American wins top prize at Tennessee Craft for textile work that captures the immigrant experience

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This year, for the first time, the top prize at a biennial exhibit of Tennessee Craft has gone to an artist from the state’s Kurdish community.

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