Children of color represent most of the children dying from COVID-19, and authorities, politicians, and parents need to do more to protect them, Meharry Medical College President/CEO Dr. James E.K. Hildreth said during a candid interview with the National Newspaper…
Events were held in Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro and Nashville to mark the one-year anniversary of weekly rallies for justice for Pervis Payne on September 8. Payne is a Black man with an intellectual disability who’s been on death row for…
Construction of an on-site, 14-story hotel and terminal garage development is officially underway at the Nashville International Airport. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), joined by Mayor John Cooper, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell and MNAA’s Board…
The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed overhaul of Texas’ election laws on the evening of August 31. The moment was the final chapter in a weeks-long saga that included Texas Democrats leaving the state to prevent the changes from passing. Donald…
Even now, the pain of that day lays just below the surface for retired New York City firefighter Rodney Lewis. As Lewis recalled the sights, smells, sounds and horror of Sept. 11, 2001, tears accompanied those memories even as he…
It is a sight to see a dandelion growing from a crack in the pavement. First, a dandelion is a yellow flower that is considered to be a ‘weed’ rather than a flower. It is also a nightmare and a…
