Fierce fighting has left more than 150,000 Kurdish civilians displaced. A deal announced Friday leaves many Kurds remain skeptical, including members of Nashville’s community.
Rose Gilbert, General Assignment Reporter
Rose Gilbert is WPLN's general assignment reporter and a founding producer of This Is Nashville. Rose grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and Montespertoli, Italy. She comes to WPLN from a reporting internship at The Tennessean. In 2020, she was senior producer for the USA TODAY podcast “Changing the Game.” During college, she worked for The Daily Princetonian, and interned with NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley in Paris. She studied international and public affairs at Princeton University, and received a master’s from Columbia Journalism School in 2021. Rose speaks English, Italian, and French. When she's not reporting, she enjoys visiting museums and checking out the local music scene.
‘Once in a generation’ ice storm has Nashvillians remembering 1994 disaster
With many still struggling to stay warm during this deadly winter storm, many Nashvillians are drawing comparisons to the historic 1994 storm that left many without power for weeks on end.
Where to find warming locations in Nashville
In a rare move signaling the major impact of the winter storm, Metro has opened cold weather warming locations across Nashville. Here are the details as of 4 p.m. Friday.
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Nashville mourns Minneapolis woman fatally shot by ICE
Demonstrators in Nashville called for the ICE agent who fatally shot a woman to be arrested, and for the end of immigration enforcement operations in Nashville.
‘Food is a story’: Antioch’s TashTea Cafe serves Kurdish breakfast with a side of culture
Nashville’s food scene has blossomed in recent years, with new restaurants popping up all the time. Antioch’s TashTea celebrated its first anniversary this year. WPLN’s Rose Gilbert sat down with owner Ilyas Bakla to learn more about the story he’s telling through his restaurant.
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Soybeans are Tennessee’s number one crop, and China has been, by far, their number one buyer. But that changed when Trump announced heavy tariffs against them earlier this year — right in the middle of harvest season.
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The Trump administration has halted visas to the U.S. for Afghan nationals and plans to reevaluate those who have already received green cards.
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