Amazon Studios’ “All In: The Fight For Democracy” documentary is like a textbook on Black voting history, voting rights violations and atrocities, legalized suppression and tips on what can be done to make sure this doesn’t keep happening. The film is narrated by Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Georgia’s 2018 election, former members of her campaign, and luminaries including veteran politician and political activist Andrew Young, Mother Jones voting rights journalist Ari Berman, and historian and author Carol Anderson. The one-hour-42-minute documentary is an eye-opening look in the United States and Abram’s failed campaign. All In delves deep…
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Nashville — Iconic Nashville area landmarks, together with hundreds of other buildings around the world, will be lighting up teal on November 5th to raise Alzheimer’s awareness as part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Light the World in Teal program. The annual program, held in November as part of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, aims to literally shine a spotlight on Alzheimer’s disease and show support for the millions of people affected by it. Teal is AFA’s Alzheimer’s awareness color. To date, participating Nashville area landmarks include: Tennessee State Capitol Bridgestone Arena Fifth Third Center Nashville City Center Mt. Juliet Police…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s top leaders are expressing concerns about the University of Tennessee’s plan to acquire Martin Methodist College, 75 miles south of the Murfreesboro campus, and make it the state’s ninth public four-year undergraduate institution. University President Sidney A. McPhee and Stephen B. Smith, chairman of MTSU’s Board of Trustees, said adding the private liberal arts college in Pulaski to the state’s higher education system would mean the southern Middle Tennessee area would be served by four nearby public universities. In addition to MTSU, the area is also served by Tennessee State University in Nashville and Tennessee Technological…
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA) Board of Directors approved a motion to provide free rides all day, for all trips, on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, for WeGo bus service within Davidson County to maximize opportunities for voter turnout. “We’re here to connect people to their communities, and voting is one of the most powerful ways people can invest in themselves, their neighbors, and their communities on a local and national level” said Nashville MTA Board Chair Gail Carr Williams. “Many Nashville residents have endured extraordinary personal and financial hardships this year, so removing one…
By Ben Jealous My 104-year-old grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd, fought for civil rights her entire life. Now she and I are fighting to protect Black people and communities threatened by President Donald Trump and the people he has put in positions of power. We are working hard to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. There are many reasons for Black people to support Biden and Harris, an extraordinarily accomplished Black woman making a historic run for the White House. Here are a few of them. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Black people from every angle: we are more likely to…
By Megan Braden-Perry Typically before someone sells their home, they’ll get an appraisal to see how much it’s worth. This allows a buyer’s bank to ensure it’s not lending more money than a property is valued at. An appraisal is an independent assessment that’s supposed to be unbiased—a simple inspection of the house and the local market trends. But discrimination in the process is all too common. Home appraisal discrimination happens when a home is undervalued because of the owners’ race, ethnicity, or religion. Home appraisal discrimination is an especially insidious type of housing discrimination, acting as a form of…
By Marta W. Aldrich Chalkbeat To Alicia Engram, music is social. Inside of her elementary school classroom in Nashville, Tennessee, she trains her music students to sing in unison, perform as a group, dance together, and listen to each other. So when her school launched the academic year 100% virtually in August because of the coronavirus pandemic, Engram had to rethink her whole approach to music education. “I asked myself, how do I teach music virtually without that social interaction?” she recalls about those early tenuous weeks. “Well, I’m doing it every day — and loving every bit of it.”…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Elected officials wrote Mayor John Cooper earlier this month asking him to tell Waste Management the city would take legal action if they tried to expand the Bordeaux landfill again. He’s mulling it over. Last week, At-Large Councilwoman Sharon Hurt received a brief reply from Cooper’s Director of Legislative affairs, Mike Jameson. Jameson told Hurt that the Mayor has heard from both sides and had been in contact with District 1 Councilman Jonathan Hall, who represents Bordeaux. Jameson said they would get back to him soon. The letter read in part: “As you know,…
DETROIT, MI — Governor Gretchen Whitmer received the Detroit Branch NAACP Mary Church Terrell Freedom & Justice Award at the NAACP’s 65th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Event. The award is presented each year to an individual whose actions, commitment, and integrity reflect the continuous struggle for justice and equality, exemplified by one of the founders of the NAACP. It was named after Mary Church Terrell, a champion in the struggle for dignity and respect for African Americans. “As a lifelong NAACP member, it is such an honor to receive this award, and I am so grateful for the…
By Ed Condon and JD Flynn/CAN WASHINGTON, DC — Pope Francis is expected to appoint Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta to serve as the next archbishop of Washington, multiple sources have independently reported to CNA. Archbishop Gregory would become the seventh archbishop of Washington, succeeding Cardinal Donald Wuerl. A formal announcement could come as early as next week, sources say, though it has not yet been confirmed that the archbishop has accepted the appointment. Sources in Rome and the United States told CNA that Archbishop Gregory was informed of the appointment earlier this week. The Archdiocese of Washington has technically been…