Does society’s responsibility to help children hinge on their documentation? Plus, the local news for Aug. 21, 2026.
The Beautiful Game: fun, competition, and high stakes in Nashville’s soccer eco-system
Soccer was already on the ascent in the U.S. Then came the North American World Cup.
NashVillager Podcast: True surrender takes some time
When did the Civil War really end in Tennessee? Plus, the local news for Aug. 20, 2026.
Getting around on our greenways
There was a time not so long ago that neighborhoods were fighting against greenways – the tucked-away alleys that connect our communities through the woods and along our waterways.
NashVillager Podcast: Windshield wipers
Why did the woman who invented a key piece of automotive equipment die in Tennessee without making any money from it? Plus, the local news for Aug. 19, 2026.
Mr. Rogers on stage, Jayla Thomas on the GOP, and private juvenile prisons under investigation
The headliner: WPLN’s senior criminal justice reporter Paige Pfleger on her latest investigation with ProPublica about abuse in Tennessee’s privately-run juvenile prisons. The newsmaker: Jayla Thomas, GOP candidate for state House District 55, one of the few contested seats in Nashville on the November ballot. The tastemaker: Melanie Sutton, managing artistic director of the Tennessee […]
NashVillager Podcast: Planting trees to restore our canopy
What should you keep in mind when planting trees to replace those lost to Winter Storm Fern? Plus, the local news for Aug. 18, and bipartisan concerns over data centers.
Jewish Jesus scholar Amy-Jill Levine and her lifelong quest to end antisemitism
When the Catholic Biblical Association reached out this year to see if Amy-Jill Levine would be interested in serving as its president, she wrote someone else on the nominating committee to ask: is this a joke? Because Levine is not Catholic. She’s Jewish. While not a Christian, the Vanderbilt professor emerita is one of the […]
NashVillager Podcast: John Lewis and the genesis of the Metro Human Relations Commission
How did John Lewis keep the local Civil Rights Movement going in Nashville? Plus, the local news for Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.
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