NASHVILLE, TN — Assistant Public Defender Martesha L. Johnson today announced her candidacy for Nashville’s Public Defender and will be on the ballot in the May 1, 2018 primary election. Johnson, who has served in the Public Defender’s office since 2009, is running to replace current Public Defender Dawn Deaner. Deaner announced last month she will not run for another term after serving in the role since 2008. “For nine years I have been privileged to represent thousands of low-income Middle Tennesseans, working every day to make sure their Constitutional rights are protected as they navigate the criminal justice system,”…
Author: Tribune Staff
The New Year hasn’t even arrived ut the new 2018 Kia Niro Touring is already getting record-breaking performances. The Kia Niro was driven in the achievement of a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for lowest fuel consumption driving across the USA from coast to coast in a hybrid car. The Niro is the no-compromise vehicle. It’s thoughtfully designed to combine the benefits of the crossover and hybrid worlds. Unlike hybrids with continuous variable transmissions (CVT), the Niro comes with a highly responsive, smooth-shifting dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT) that gives the Niro a fun-to-drive feel missing from the competition. Thanks to its…
By Tribune Staff It has been months since the activist group Gideon’s Army issued a report disclosing widespread disparities in police traffic stops. The report examined more than two million stops and disclosed differences in treatment that proved both surprising and shocking. Since that time, our police department has responded by claiming that the report distorts their priorities, and that the reason for more stops in North Nashville is a direct result of more crimes being committed in that area, and that there are no racial reasons or motivation behind the stops. But the Tribune would add that this controversy…
NASHVILLE, TN — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will visit Nashville as part of its multi-city listening tour, NAACP Forward: Today, Tomorrow & Always, on November 6, 2017. NAACP Forward is part of the organization’s strategic plan to enhance its vision and mission, and to renew its commitment to the fight for civil rights amid a swirling climate of political hostility, voter suppression, income inequality, mass incarceration, police brutality and anti- immigrant sentiment. NAACP Forward will convene local membership, supporters and partners to offer their guidance on how the NAACP can retool itself to combat…
No shooting — No Murders — Just LOVE By Staff Reports NASHVILLE, TN — Cayce Place, a public housing development located in East Nashville, was the site of a Hallelujah Festival this past weekend to celebrate the value of all lives and to share love. Pastor Howard Jones, Senior Pastor of Fairfield M. B. Church/Celebrate Life and candidate for State Senate, District 19, said, “This is our ministry to minister outside of the church walls and to bring the church to the people.” Approximately 250 people attended the event. The goal was to bring love and hope to the…
By Tribune Staff NASHVILLE, TN — The Board of Directors of the R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp. unanimously voted LaDonna Boyd to head the 121 year old International Company. She succeeds her father, Dr. T.B. Boyd III, president and chief executive officer of the corporation. Her unanimous selection makes LaDonna the first woman to head the R.H. Boyd Publishing Company which in itself is an historic story of growth from humble times to remarkable prosperity. LaDonna Boyd is a native of Nashville, TN, where her family has resided for the past five generations, leaving a significant impact on the economic development…
By Tribune staff NASHVILLE, TN — Public service is something many good people avoid these days, unwilling to deal with the demands, low pay, and hassles that are a routine part of the job. But that has never been the case with District 1 Councilman Nick Leonardo. Just last week he was gathering signatures for easements in the Bordeaux Hills neighborhood, accompanied by his six-year-old daughter Adriana, as part of the campaign behind a $3 million dollar storm sewer project. His efforts were aimed at preventing another disaster like the one that occurred in 2010, when the neighborhood was ravaged…
Niara Savage, Fisk University Student/Tribune Intern I will never forget the unequivocal juxtaposition that arose in the moments following Barack Obama’s initial 2008 victory and Donald Trump’s unprecedented 2016 win. Obama’s win (at least in the African-American and liberal circles I ran in) marked a monumental moment in American history. His landslide victory was the first presidential election I can remember (I was eleven years old at the time). To this day I recall the joy, the pride, the excitement, that seemed to surround me at the time. As a growing teenager, Barack Obama symbolized unity, progress, and the hope…