By Terry A. Kupers, M.D. House Bill 3564, mandating limits to solitary confinement in prisons, jails and immigration detention facilities, has passed the Illinois House and awaits passage in the state Senate to become law. There is a growing national consensus, joined by the American Psychiatric Associated and the United Nations, as well as Presidents Obama and Biden, that solitary confinement is a gross human rights abuse and causes severe psychological damage. The Illinois Bill grew out of a campaign by Anthony Gay, who spent 22 years in solitary confinement, to make certain that others are not forced to undergo…
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Democrat Eric Adams breezed to victory in Tuesday’s mayoral election, becoming just the second Black man in history to get picked for the city’s top job after running a campaign centered on public safety and his deep experience in New York politics. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president and a born-and-bred New Yorker, was declared the winner of the mayoral race shortly after polls closed as early results from the city Board of Elections showed him holding a commanding lead over long-shot Republican contender Curtis Sliwa. In a city as deeply Democratic as New York, Adams’ win was expected. Carried by…
Meharry Medical College has a new partnership with a giant in the medical device space. Abbott Laboratories will give $5 million to fund nearly 300 scholarships over the next five years at four historically Black medical schools, including Meharry, according to a news release. The scholarships are part of a larger initiative by the Illinois-based company to create a more diverse and inclusive clinical trial ecosystem, according to the release. The need for more Black doctors and medical professionals has gained attention over the last two years, as the Covid-19 pandemic shown a spotlight on longstanding health inequities for Black communities.…
Tennessee Tribune writer Janice Malone was featured in NewsMax. Read the full article by Tamar Fleishman below. Photo 114305668 © Oleg Dudko | Dreamstime.com By Tamar FleishmanThursday, 28 October 2021 12:57 PMCurrent | Bio | Archive In today’s blog, we’ll interview Janice Malone. Malone has worked as an entertainment reporter/journalist for print, radio, television and internet broadcasting. She was entertainment editor for a legendary African American weekly newspaper in Nashville for more than a decade. Malone is currently the host and producer of Film Festival Radio Show, a weekly syndicated radio show on KSHP 1400 Talk Radio in Las Vegas and on XM Sirius Radio Network’s Tubox 470.https://25b7d19e5235b6b6efeba7b26f471dc4.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html She serves on…
ViViD1 Architecture has been selected to provide Construction Administration Services for WeGo Public Transit’s North Nashville Transit Center. The contract includes design and constructability reviews, prime and subcontractor vendor outreach assistance, bid review assistance, construction administration, and project closeout services. “We are honored WeGo Public Transit chose us for the North Nashville Transit Center,” ViViD1 Architecture President Darrell Hayes said. “We look forward to working together to make this a fantastic center for the entire community.”
NASHVILLE – Mayor John Cooper’s administration filed first-of-its-kind legislation to establish a dedicated revenue stream for the restoration and maintenance of the city’s tree canopy. Ordinance BL2021-972, co-sponsored by Council members Burkley Allen, Angie Henderson, Zach Young, Russ Bradford, Kyonztè Toombs, Ginny Welsch, Freddie O’Connell, and Colby Sledge, would amend the Metropolitan Code to identify funding sources most closely aligned with and sensitive to development – building permits, grading permits, and general obligation bond funded construction projects – and allocate amounts equivalent to 1 percent of each of these funding sources to fund tree canopy restoration and maintenance. “If you look at Census data and building permits over the last…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The Tennessee Democratic Party held its annual Three Star Dinner on Saturday October 30th in downtown Nashville, TN. This was the party’s first in-person Three Star Dinner since 2019. While the party expected a good amount of enthusiasm but potentially decreased ticket sales due to Covid-19, it was blown away by the showing of support from attendees. The dinner was completely sold out of tickets by late October, and the TNDP was sorry to have to turn away at the door last-minute, hopeful attendees. In registrations alone, the party was able to raise over $120,000 adding to…
| November 02, 2021 By Christina A. Cassidy and Anthony Izaguirre | The Associated Press Elections taking place across the U.S. on Tuesday will be the first to test new voting restrictions in some Republican-controlled states and give elections officials a chance to counter a year’s worth of misinformation about voting security. Officials said demonstrating secure, consistent and fair practices could help reassure those who still have doubts about last year’s presidential election as they begin preparations for next year’s midterms. “It is a great dress rehearsal for 2022,” said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon.Much of the attention will be on…
BALTIMORE (Oct. 11, 2021) – DTLR, one of the country’s most successful lifestyle retailers with more than 240 stores in 19 states, today announced it is bringing musical performances and esports experiences to homecoming events at HBCU campuses across the country this fall. DTLR is one of the first lifestyle retailers to bring a cultural music and esports experience of this magnitude to HBCU campuses during homecoming festivities. The lifestyle retailer is focusing on educating, encouraging and engaging with HBCU students by connecting with them during homecoming. DTLR has a longstanding history supporting HBCU students and first launched its HBCU…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Mayor John Cooper, alongside members of the Nashville Metro Minority Caucus, family members of the late U.S. Representative John Lewis and community leaders, are set to unveil a four-story mural honoring Rep. John Lewis and the Freedom Riders on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. The mural, located on the newly established Rep. John Lewis Way, highlights Rep. Lewis’ time fighting for equality in Nashville. A graduate of Fisk University and American Baptist College, the artwork will become the seventh public piece crafted in his honor in the US. This artwork is the first to honor Nashville’s civil rights…