Category : News

Dr. Bernice King’s Impactful conversation at Scarritt Bennett

NASHVILLE, TN — Scarritt Bennett Center marked its 100th year with a commemorative event featuring a transformative conversation with Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Coretta Scott-King. The event took...

Bill Neal: Your Pittsburgh Pirates…’We had them all the way!’

:10—I am not sure when the last time the Pirates started 9 and 2…and I don’t care. Actually, I do know when…1992…All I want is that for the first time in forever we look like a real baseball team with real hope and a lot less prayer...

The 56th anniversary of MLK’s death

By Charlotte Fontaine& NASHVILLE, TN — Thursday, April 4, 2024 was the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day serves as a solemn reminder of his achievements, what could have been, and the continuin...

Sister Stinson celebrates 100 years

Sister Alma Louise Stinson is a native of Donelson, TN. She was born on April 18, 1924, in Donelson, TN (Davidson County), to the late Jerry Thomas Brooks, Sr., and Beatrice Murray Brooks. Sister Stinson is the third oldest of eleven siblings in wh...

TIRRC marches for Governor Lee veto

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — An over 500-person strong crowd marched its way peacefully under the musical accompaniment of a small band up Deaderick Street and to the War Memorial Plaza last week in protest of the recently passed anti-immigr...

‘The time has passed’: PPS sues county to force property reassessments

The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board at its public agenda review meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Photo by Pamela Smith/PublicSource) & Less than a month after a board vote authorizing legal action, Pittsburgh’s school district has filed sui...

University to honor President Glover at upcoming Salute to Excellence Gala

By Alexis Clark NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) –& Promising to be an evening to remember, Tennessee State University will host the Salute to Excellence Gala to honor President Glenda Glover on Saturday, April 13. The TSU family, Nashville...

U.S Experts To Discuss Hurricane Preparedness In Saint Lucia

United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) experts will visit Saint Lucia on April 19 to discuss hurricane preparedness. The visitors will also discuss hurricane resilience and how people can become weather-ready ahead of the hurricane season, whi...

Nashville Metro News

On Tuesday night, Metro Council struggled through a rules change proposal by Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda that would allow the body more time to review board and committee nominations, extending the timeline of the confirmation vote by two weeks....

Uncle Fred’s Army honors retired Black educators

By Vivian Shipe& KNOXVILLE, TN — The combined years of service by the African American educators gathered at the Beck totaled over 600 years. These are the “before” educators. Before you couldn’t teach Black History, before you couldn’t d...

Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony: A masquerading savior hides the face of a deceitful destroyer

by Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony “Beware of false profits, which come in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves,” Matthew 7:15-16 Growing up, I watched the iconic Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons. After being beat down and so disrespected by h...

How to battle boredom at work

Coffee is not the only way to fight boredom. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images by Casher Belinda, University of Notre Dame Though neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all try to avoid it. Even the most exciting jobs in the...