By Eleanor Goldberg An increasing number of new laws across the United States make it a crime to be homeless. But these laws don’t actually manage to get people off the streets ― they just perpetuate the cycle of homelessness, experts say. Homelessness has reached such crisis levels that a United Nations expert sent to investigate poverty and inequality in the U.S. included the criminalization of homelessness in an extensive report released last Friday. After spending two weeks meeting with communities facing some of the most dire circumstances, Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, concluded…
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NASHVILLE, TN — On Saturday December 9th, the 9th Annual Pink Christmas Party was held at Rock Tha Bellz Event Center in Madison. The party was truly a festive and fun evening for all that attended. The guest enjoyed tasty hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Entertainment was provided by DJ Baby Drew. Pink Christmas hosts this event annually to provide a relaxing an enjoyable evening for breast cancer survivors, their families and caregivers. The Silent Auction at this years event was definitely a popular place to shop. The items in the auction were donated from local as well as national merchants.…
MLS COMMISSIONER DON GARBER MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON In an announcement Wednesday afternoon, MLS confirmed Nashville as the first expansion city for the next round of MLS expansion. “We are thrilled about what this means for the city of Nashville and our soccer community,” said Nashville SC CEO Court Jeske. “Our ownership has done an exceptional job in their pursuit of MLS. Nashville SC will represent the city’s pro soccer movement as we prepare for MLS, and Nashville’s passionate soccer fans will continue at the heart of this incredible movement.” For the announcement, many prominent Nashvillians took the stage including…
Greetings, My name is Stephen Huff and I was diagnosed with lung cancer on June 1, 2017. I have lived a fairly normal life up to this point. The first 28 years of my life consisted of healthy eating, good exercise, and never smoking. But it was about 2 years ago (2015), I began having some mild shortness of breath, coupled with a mild cough. Being a former professional athlete, now turned coach, I attributed these symptoms to allergies and just simply being out of shape. Fast forward to January, 2017 (2 years later) Driving home from work, I noticed…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tau Lambda Chapter Education Foundation, Inc. hosted its 37th Annual Founders Day Luncheon on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Held at the Nashville Airport Marriott, the occasion was also a celebration of the 111th anniversary of the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., established at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on December 4, 1906. Dr. Damon A. Williams, founder of the Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership & Social Impact, and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Williams is recognized as one of the nation’s experts in…
NASHVILLE, TN — The legendary Fisk Jubilee singers are a part of the stellar list of entertainers scheduled to perform at the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville (#NashvilleNYE). GRAMMY-winner Keith Urban will headline for a second year in a row, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp announced today. Urban will lead a diverse lineup that includes CMA New Artist of the Year Maren Morris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick, 2017 country music breakout artist Carly Pearce, R&B artist Jonny P, along with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The event takes place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park is free and…
By Mary Papenfuss WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) was still scrambling to do damage control Monday after it was revealed that he switched his vote on the GOP tax bill to yes soon after a tax deduction was added that could benefit his real estate investments. Asked on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday about the late addition to the tax bill, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said it was meant to “cobble together votes” to pass the Republican measure. Corker was the only GOP senator remaining Friday who had declared his opposition to the bill. But by…
WASHINGTON, DC — Rod Doss, editor and publisher of the New Pittsburgh Courier will receive the NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award at JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa hotel during the NNPA Mid-Winter Conference January 24-27, 2018. Rod Doss has helped improve and elevate the status of the “Pittsburgh Courier,” one of the nation’s premier Black newspapers, throughout his tenure. A Pittsburgh native, he’s a graduate of the Pittsburgh Technical Institute and also attended the University of Pittsburgh. His long career with the paper dates back to his days as a sales rep in the late ‘60s. After working for…
Dispelling myths about the hospital serving the needs of the community NASHVILLE, TN — There is a lot of misinformation about Nashville General Hospital circulating in the aftermath of Mayor Megan Barry’s surprise announcement about the potential elimination of inpatient services at the facility. Below is information about why Nashville General Hospital matters and offers truth about its operations. Nashville General runs at about one-third of its licensed capacity with only about 40 of its 120 beds being used on an average day. This is false. NGH is licensed for 150 beds – this is not the physical number of…
By Dr. Lillian Williams “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Those are the words of Ida B. Wells, fearless anti-lynching crusader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. What’s significant for seekers of social justice today are the history lessons her story holds. The daughter of slaves, Wells grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi, attended Rust College, and taught school for a short time in Memphis, Tennessee, before she lost her job for protesting…