Listen People who work with teenagers don’t understand why gun violence is on the rise again. In less than six months, the number of teen deaths in Nashville has already matched the death toll for all of last year.
Movers & Thinkers: How Vanessa Carlton Finally Took Control Of Her Meteoric Music Career
The dilemma of choosing between commercial success and artistic independence is a familiar one for many musicians in Nashville, including Vanessa Carlton. After releasing hits like “A Thousand Miles,” she says she felt stifled by her major labels and decided to go independent, a shift that also changed the way she saw herself. Carlton talked […]
By Shaving 2 Years Off A Medical Degree, MTSU And Meharry Aim For Students Who ‘Could Go Anywhere’
Listen Meharry Medical College and Middle Tennessee State University have come up with a plan that they believe could help close the healthcare gap between Tennessee’s cities and its rural areas.
Tennessee Tech’s Debate Over Professor Pay Reveals Potential Pitfalls Of Self-Governance
Listen Professors at Tennessee Tech University say they’re seeing some downsides in their freedom from the Board of Regents. Six universities broke away from the state system in the last year. Now, they’re finalizing their first budgets.
Calling Plan ‘Disastrous,’ Middle Tennessee Republicans Aim To Neuter Nashville Immigration Measure
Listen A Nashville proposal to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities is drawing strong condemnation from some top Middle Tennessee Republicans. The sponsor of a 2009 state law banning so-called “sanctuary cities” says he’s prepared to have the Metro Council proposal struck down if it wins final approval at a meeting next month. The proposal passed […]
Tennessee Weighs Whether To Form A Commission — Or Not — To Examine Brutality of Jim Crow
Listen Charlie Morris vividly recalls his brother’s murder. Jesse Lee Bond was a sharecropper in Shelby County. Suspicious because his harvests never seemed to cover his debts, in the spring of 1939, Bond asked the local general store for a receipt of his seed purchases. For his diligence, he was shot, castrated, dragged and left […]
Nashville’s Total Solar Eclipse Will Be Live-Streamed, Thanks To Vanderbilt Students And NASA
Listen In the era of Facebook Live and other on-demand video, it’s perhaps no surprise that the largest celestial event in America this summer will be live-streamed. Students from Vanderbilt University will launch a high-altitude weather balloon — connected to a video camera — to send images of the total solar eclipse back to NASA on […]
Metro Council Set To Debate Immigration Ordinances Amid Heightened Concerns
Listen So far this month, three dozen immigrants have been held in Nashville’s jail at the request of federal authorities. That fact is adding some urgency to a debate that’s scheduled to begin tonight. At issue: how much Davidson County should work with immigration officials. The proposed ordinances would prohibit the county jail from holding […]
Now That Community And Technical Colleges Are Free, What’s Stopping Tennesseans From Enrolling?
Listen Helping Tennesseans go to college takes more than giving them free tuition: That’s one of the takeaways from a report released Monday by Complete Tennessee, a nonprofit that tracks higher education in the state.
Maker Of Opioid Treatment Under Scrutiny Has Ramped Up Political Activity In Tennessee
Listen The maker of an opioid treatment that’s come under scrutiny recently contributed more than $20,000 to candidates in Tennessee last year. The donations appear to be part of an aggressive nationwide campaign aimed at influencing state legislatures. The company is called Alkermes, and it makes a medication known as Vivitrol.
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