by Staff - 7 hours ago
Filmmaker Kevin Epps, a de Young Artist fellow, collaborates with other artists before showing his films at the Koret Auditorium in San Francisco July 8, 2011. Recently, Epps has been working on a short documentary that provides a critical look into...
by Staff - 7 hours ago
Dallas The Memorial Day Program will take place on May 27, starting at 11 a.m. at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, in Dallas. Seating is limited so it is suggested that visitors arrive early and bring lawn chairs or blankets. The event is free. F...
by Staff - 9 hours ago
The race for Mayor is on and four candidates faced off against each other Wednesday morning to talk about sidewalks, bikeways, and traffic. The event at the Watson Grove Missionary Baptist Church was sponsored by Walk Bike Nashville and the forum was...
by Staff - 9 hours ago
& NASHVILLE, TN – Officials broke ground on a 39-unit building for homeless veterans in the Edgehill district Thursday, May 22. The project is the first of its kind in Nashville to provide permanent affordable housing to formerly homeless vetera...
by Staff - 11 hours ago
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by Staff - 11 hours ago
MEMPHIS, TN — Former recording artist, Temmora Levy grew up in South Memphis as a foster child not knowing who she was or where she was going to sleep the next day, yet always dreaming of a better life. Her dreams became a reality when she received...
by Staff - 11 hours ago
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — The front-runner for the Democratic nomination to challenge the president called for unity among Americans during remarks here Tuesday and received “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in campaign contributions. Joe Bid...
by Staff - 11 hours ago
By Clare Bratten NASHVILLE, TN — People age 62 and up will be able to find affordable housing in a new development complex being built in North Nashville slated for completion in summer of 2020. Fifty-five rental units in a contemporary complex (comp...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
NASHVILLE, TN — A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Fisk University, Janie Harris became Vanderbilt’s first-ever African American female graduate. Her 37-year legal career included government service and work as a corporate counsel at several major financia...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
By Eleanor Graves NASHVILLE, TN — Bishop Michael Lee Graves is the Pastor and Founder of the Temple Church in Nashville. Bishop Graves was a preacher par excellence, a loving pastor and a scholar. A native of Batavia, IL he was a Magna Cum Laude grad...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
By Ashley Benkarski MURFREESBORO, TN — Presidential hopeful Julián Castro delivered the closing remarks to the crowd at the Tennessee Democratic Party’s Elevate summit that took place last weekend at MTSU’s Student Union Building, saying he’d like to...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
NASHVILLE, TN — Pastor Howard Jones, senior pastor of Fairfield M. B. Church in Goodlettsville and an assistant principal at Stratford High School, has announced his candidacy for Metro Council-At-Large. Jones has been active in the Metropolitan Nash...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
By Ashley Benkarski MURFREESBORO, TN — Two years after white supremacists rallied in their community, residents have continued to stand in solidarity against racism. Local groups Murfreesboro Muslim Youth and Murfreesboro Cold Patrol joined forces to...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
By Bill Freeman NASHVILLE, TN — The importance of continuity, clear responsiveness and a decided desire to help all of Nashville are the reasons that I have chosen to support Mayor David Briley in the upcoming election. It has been a difficult decisi...
by Staff - 12 hours ago
Editorial by Rosetta Miller Perry Many decades ago Fannie Lou Hamer, American voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement, said “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Today The Tribune...
