The Nashville PRIDE proudly acknowledges the month of March as Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month which is observed in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in March, and in October in Canada, began with a single day. It…
Nashville Mayor John Cooper applied on behalf of Nashville and Davidson County to receive much needed funding through the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the Emergency Rental Assistance program. The Metropolitan Action Commission (MAC) will administer the emergency program…
Markquett Martin was killed during a police pursuit. According to an official statement by the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), Martin died from a self-inflicted wound during the chase. Recent video footage from MDHA shows officers chasing Martin and him…
Ashley Ruiz was honored as the next recipient of Action 247’s Action 100, a program to honor Tennesseans taking action in their communities. Ms. Ruiz relocated to Nashville from Florida to start a chapter of The Laundry Project, a community…
Two years ago, Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Kory York shackled and dragged a handcuffed Ronald Greene, a Black man, on his stomach and violently arrested him following a chase in the city of Monroe. Greene later died while in…
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) have reintroduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 as protests against police brutality and lack of accountability continue. Recent incidents include protests in Rochester,…
