As Tennessee, Others Target Drag Shows, Many Wonder: Why?
Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JEFF McMILLAN “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag...
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Anti-Transgender Legislation Resonates on Day of Remembrance
Written by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Persistent efforts by North Carolina’s legislature to restrict transgender lives cast a shadow over Callum Bradford as he grew up in Chapel Hill, following him through his journey of self-discovery,...
Read MoreSlavery Is On the Ballot for Voters in 5 US States
Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced labor...
Read MoreHolocaust Novel ‘Maus’ Banned in Tennessee School District
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman, according to minutes...
Read MoreAlone in the Sky, Pilot and Fiancee Save 17 in Tenn. Flood
Written by TRAVIS LOLLER Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished helping his fiancee earn her pilot’s license on Saturday morning, and they were heading home to celebrate, when he received a frantic call...
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Republicans Take to Mask Wars as Virus Surges in Red States
Written by WILL WEISSERT Top Republicans are battling school districts in their own states’ urban,...
Read MoreTennessee Won’t Incentivize COVID Shots but Pays to Vax Cows
Written by TRAVIS LOLLER Tennessee has sent nearly half a million dollars to farmers who have vaccinated their cattle against respiratory diseases and other maladies over the past two years. But Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who...
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Nature at its Craziest: Trillions of Cicadas About To Emerge
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael...
Read MoreNashville Music Club Owners Recall Night the Music Died
Written by KIMBERLEE KRUESI When frantic messages started trickling in that a tornado had hit a beloved music venue in Nashville, Mike Grimes told himself it couldn’t possibly be that bad. Could Basement East really be...
Read MoreTornadoes, Virus Fears, Machines Disrupt Some Voting
Deadly tornadoes knocked out polling places in Tennessee, fears over the coronavirus left some precincts short of election workers and long lines frustrated voters in California and Texas as Super Tuesday sent voters surging to...
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