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NashVillager Podcast: ARPANET to data hacks

Nina Cardona

October 29, 2024

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When did the internet come to be, and who was responsible for it? Plus the local news for October 29, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Al Gore, internet

The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers

Rachel Iacovone

April 7, 2023

History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bernice King, Bob Mendes, Freddie O'Connell, Gloria Johnson, hillary clinton, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, March For Our Lives, NAACP, Sandra Sepulveda, Zulfat Suara

Nashville Honors Rep. John Lewis’ Legacy And Recognizes Ongoing Struggles For Equality

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 18, 2021

The event honoring the late Georgia congressman was held on a street renamed in his honor. John Lewis Way, formerly Fifth Avenue, is where Lewis demonstrated at lunch counters and received an award from Martin Luther King Junior at the Ryman.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Metro, Race & Equity Tagged With: Al Gore, American Baptist College, civil rights, civil rights movement, John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, Race, Ryman

How The Recount In 2000 Differs From What’s Happening Now

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

November 12, 2020

A Davidson County ballot shows the Republican and Democratic candidates for president.
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As President Trump refuses to concede, many in the Republican Party have defended his decision, saying he has the right to ask for recounts. And they point at the 2000 presidential election as an example of the process being normal.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Al Gore, Donald Trump, Election 2020, George Bush, Joe Biden, John Vile

Al Gore Launches A 24-Hour Environmental Event

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

November 20, 2019

“24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action.” That’s the name of a world-wide educational event former Vice President Al Gore launched Wednesday in Nashville.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Al Gore, climate change, Donald Trump, impeachment, Vanderbilt University

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