Andrew “Drew” Alexander, son of former U.S. Senator and Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander and Leslee “Honey” Alexander, died Friday after a short illness. He was 52. Drew Alexander was born in Washington, D.C. in 1969 and moved at age 1 with his family to Nashville, where his father practiced law and established a career in state and national politics. According to his obituary, the younger Alexander graduated from University School in Nashville and then earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at Kenyon College in Ohio. He returned to Nashville and began working for Curb Records, rising through the…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (the SSMV) is seeking highly-competent and motivated Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) high school students who are: passionate about science and math, ready to apply themselves as today’s problem solvers, and interested in becoming tomorrow’s leaders. The SSMV will prepare students to successfully engage in college studies at an accelerated rate, promote pursuit of graduate, postgraduate and professional study, and provide the strong foundation crucial for career success. This unique program is limited to 26 students per grade, and only those attending an MNPS school are eligible. To ensure every qualified student…
Special to the TN Tribune from the Nashville Scene Alkebu-Lan Images, a cornerstone of the North Nashville community for more than 35 years, lost its founder. Yusef Harris — teacher, mentor, climber of Mount Kilimanjaro — has died. Harris opened Alkebu-Lan in 1986 while pursuing his doctorate in psychology at Vanderbilt University and teaching part time at Tennessee State University. The Jefferson Street property went up for sale, and he made a downpayment with a loan from Metro Development and Housing Agency. Since then, the shop has become a cultural mecca, selling books, art, apparel and other goods that reflect and…
Many people have dreams; but for 9-year-old fashion model and actress, Yasmin Larson aka Yazzydazzle her dream became a reality. She was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and became the first child to grace the cover of “The Cover” Magazine making history at Dreamland Productions. She arrived in Memphis, TN Friday, November 19, 2021 for the epic Red Carpet Reveal and Unveil Celebration in her honor. The celebration was produced and held at Dreamland Productions by Producer and Publisher, Anner J. Echols on Saturday, November 20, 2021. Yazzydazzle’s fun and exciting adventure continued thru Sunday, November 21, 2021 which…
In 2015, Governor Bill Haslam presented his “Insure Tennessee,” Medicaid expansion to legislators, a plan that would have brought billions of dollars into the state and meant insurance coverage for up to 280,000 Tennesseans. Legislators rejected it. Here we are six years later with the country still reeling from the far reaching impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and legislators have once again refused to expand a program that would bring much needed dollars into a state that is among the bottom ten states for maternal and infant health, and pre-pandemic, had some of the highest increases in uninsured residents.…
Montgomery, Al – Alabama’s Department of Human Resources (DHR) was sued in federal court in 1988 over its treatment of disabled children. Twelve years later, advocates sued Tennessee over its child welfare system. Both lawsuits led to settlement agreements in 1991 and 2001 respectively. Plaintiffs in the Alabama lawsuit, R.C. v. Fuller, had a reformist defendant they rather liked, Paul Vincent. He was the Child Welfare Director of the Alabama DHR. Vincent’s boss was Bill Fuller, DHR Commissioner and the official defendant in the lawsuit. Child Welfare was Vincent’s domain and it was a real mess. He knew it, disability…
Former President Donald Trump has done a whole lot of harm to America over the last five years — most notably by stoking the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. But, last week, he did something genuinely good. In an interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens, Trump not only rejected her claims that “more people have died” since the Covid-19 vaccine became available but also delivered a clear argument for people to get vaccinated. “No, the vaccine worked,” Trump said. “But some people aren’t taking it. The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are…
TORONTO — Canadian officials said Tuesday they have reached $31.5 billion in agreements in principle with Indigenous groups to compensate First Nations children who were unnecessarily taken from their homes and put into the child welfare system, a major developmentin a dispute that has long been a sticking point in Ottawa’s efforts to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people. Under the agreements, half of the money would go to children and families harmed by an underfunded and discriminatory child welfare system on First Nations reserves and in the Yukon, while the rest would be earmarked over five years for long-term reforms,…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor During two interviews on January 2, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) outlined steps moving forward after months of investigation of the violent January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. The Chair of the special committee to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack said in a January 2nd interview that the violent insurrection “appeared to be a coordinated effort on the part of a number of people to undermine the election.” Thompson also indicated that the Department of Defense may have interfered with assistance to the Capitol from the National…
Helen Chavis Othow, the beloved sister of National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., has died at the age of 89.A lover of reading, writing and history, Othow received her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and majored in Black studies and African, African American and Caribbean literature. She also studied Elizabethan and Medieval literature, and her dissertation, “The New Decorum: Moral Perspectives of Black Literature,” was published in the Library of Congress. Othow presented “Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niane,” which illustrated her appreciation and knowledge of African culture. She expressed a desire to impart…