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Scenes from the picket line: Kellogg workers on why they went on strike for two months straight

by Jason Kerzinski November 5, 2021December 3, 2021

The workers standing up and fighting back at the Memphis factory were part of a wave of strikes happening across the country.

This is damn sure not our grandparents' rhythm and blues

by Marcus K. Dowling February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

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Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee

by Iliana Hagenah December 22, 2020January 5, 2021

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Field Notes from the ground in Tennessee—Before, during, and after the election

by Iliana Hagenah November 10, 2020

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How photo ID laws and provisional ballots target the most marginalized Southerners

by Iliana Hagenah October 8, 2020October 10, 2020

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New Tennessee law surfaces the South's racist beginnings of felon voter disenfranchisement

by Iliana Hagenah September 28, 2020January 21, 2021

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What do we mean when we talk about voter suppression?

by Lovey Cooper September 24, 2020November 6, 2020

The 'Slave Trail of Tears': recreation or reckoning?

by Sammy Feldblum May 11, 2020October 1, 2020

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Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee

by Katie Myers March 9, 2020September 16, 2020

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In the wake of Tennessee's tornadoes, some ways to send and receive aid—and things to avoid

by Lovey Cooper March 6, 2020September 16, 2020

Blount County remembers Cormac McCarthy and looks towards its literary future

by Lou Murrey December 2, 2019September 16, 2020

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Reproductive justice wins in Tennessee aren't just about abortion

by Megan Jamerson October 28, 2019September 16, 2020

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Tennessee's latest attack on gay marriage takes aim at online ordinations

by Amber Stewart September 16, 2019September 16, 2020

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Tennessee GOP used shady tactics to railroad a voter suppression bill into law

by Erin McAnally May 20, 2019September 16, 2020

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Whether Fences or Not

by Jacob Davis December 31, 2018September 16, 2020

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A movement for police accountability is on Nashville's November ballot

by Margaret Littman October 22, 2018September 16, 2020

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Fighting to save a gentrifying East Nashville

by Grace Tatter May 4, 2018September 16, 2020

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Nashville's Struggle to Rein in Airbnb

by Margaret Littman April 30, 2018September 16, 2020

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Power Lines: Broadband and Democracy in East Tennessee

by Katie Myers January 4, 2018September 16, 2020

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The massacre men

by David Forbes July 27, 2017September 16, 2020

Soul and ice: finding P.K. Subban's Nashville

by Brandon R. Byrd June 11, 2017October 27, 2020

Bucking a southern trend, Memphis rap stays in its lane

by David Turner April 18, 2017September 16, 2020

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Bernie Sanders energized a new generation of leftist Southern politicians

by Mike Elk July 29, 2016September 16, 2020

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The strange story of Sewanee, the KKK, and a Franklin County Gay/Straight Alliance

by Sarah Jones May 19, 2016September 16, 2020

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Is Tennessee for sale?

by Hayley Brundige January 3, 2016September 16, 2020

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The strange true story of how a Memphis video rental store became the nation's most obstinate monument to cinema

by Eric J. Wallace October 29, 2015September 16, 2020