By Lee H. Hamilton We often think of foreign and domestic policy as two separate and distinct fields. But for an American president, they are inextricably tied together. And as the Biden administration moves forward on its priorities, this is likely to become clear. The reason is that what we do in one area has an impact on what we can do in the other. If we are not strong economically and politically at home—stable, prosperous, free—we are weaker in the world. And for those of us at home, our ability to lead globally is not only of great interest…
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NASHVILLE , TN — This week Animal Wellness Action released the fifth and final in a series of articles published by Washington, D.C.’s Patch.com that walk readers in the equine industry and animal protection space through the six-decade-long plague of soring that’s marred the American show horse world since the 1950s. Soring is the intentional infliction of pain to horses’ front limbs by means of applying caustic chemicals such as croton oil or kerosene, or by cutting the horses’ hooves down to the bloodline, known as “the quick” and then driving nails into that soft tissue, making it hurt when…
NASHVILLE, TN – There’s not much to like about a dump in your neighborhood. It depresses home values; it smells like rotten eggs; dump tricks rumble to and fro spewing clouds of dust. All day long, vultures circle high above the 77-acre landfill located off Briley Parkway and Ashland City Highway. Southern Services wants to expand the site. Otherwise, it would have to be shut down and the company would have to find another location. Residents universally oppose the expansion. “This is something that has consistently been a problem for decades,” said District 1 Councilman Jonathan Hall. The site has…
Episcopal News Service–Officials at the University of the South, owned and governed by 28 Episcopal dioceses in the Southeast, are investigating a weekend incident in which some students shouted the N-word and other racial epithets at an opposing team during a lacrosse match hosted by the university in Sewanee, Tennessee. Vice-chancellor Reuben E. Brigety II called the incident “inexcusable” in a March 14 letter to students, faculty and staff at the university, commonly known as Sewanee. A day earlier, Sewanee had hosted a multiracial men’s lacrosse team from Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia. About 120 Sewanee students attended the match, Brigety said.…
By Letisha Marrero No doubt, the news about educating our children during a pandemic has been dire as of late, filled with doom and gloom. But to Black families, this is a familiar story. “Who was public education built for and who is it not?” asked Sekou Biddle, vice president, advocacy, and student professional development programs at UNCF. “Even what Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Education is an opportunity to rake the muck from the geniuses.’ We really haven’t moved far from that.” Biddle was part of a panel of esteemed educators and leaders who gathered for a roundtable discussion on the state of Black education during…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former prominent Nashvillian, Dr. Bennie Harris, will become the first African-American to serve as the Upstate chancellor at South Carolina’s famous flagship university. As the first African American professor at the University of South Carolina (USC), Richard T. Greener taught philosophy, served as librarian and also helped reorganize and catalogue the library’s collections, which were in disarray following the Civil War. Born in 1844 and a native of Philadelphia, he was the first African American to graduate from Harvard College. Greener became a professor of mental and moral philosophy at USC, where he also taught Greek, mathematics and constitutional law during the Reconstruction…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – After a national competitive search, Nashville State Community College appointed and announced Jennifer Rector as its new vice president of finance and accounting. Rector will serve as the chief financial officer for the college and provide college-wide leadership as a member of senior staff and the president’s cabinet. She most recently served as associate vice president of finance and accounting at Nashville State. “It was important to find a candidate with a strong accounting background and a commitment to the mission of Nashville State. We are excited about Jennifer stepping into a larger role and providing…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) – Soundstripe, a leading provider of unlimited royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects, has announced they are partnering with the Justice Film Festival to help empower the Black filmmaker community by launching More Than Music: Black Filmmaker Grants. Black filmmakers in the U.S. are invited to submit short films (20 minutes max) they have in development and/or pre-production for a chance to win a $1,500 grant, a one-year subscription to Soundstripe Music & SFX, and be featured at the 9th Annual Justice Film Festival, the premier showcase for films that…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “Who’s going to be the Joshua Generation that will lead us into the Promised Land?” With this Biblical analogy, University of Pennsylvania professor Mary Frances Berry issued a concluding challenge to the audience for her March 16 virtual keynote address in MTSU’s celebration of National Women’s History Month. The Nashville, Tennessee-born Berry, who served on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission through four presidential administrations, listed four issues she hoped her audience will address — an increase in the minimum wage, an extension of the child care tax credit in the pandemic stimulus package, passage of the John…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A union wants to hold a vote for representation of fewer than 100 workers out of thousands at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Tennessee, a move the company opposes because the effort doesn’t stretch more broadly across the facility’s workforce. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers says an overwhelming majority of the 87 tool and die maintenance technicians at Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Nashville, have signaled their support for unionization. The effort marks the latest foray in the uphill fight for unions to gain traction at…