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September 19, 2025: Censorship
From the cancellations of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel to book bans and drag restrictions in Tennessee, are we testing the limits of the First Am…
11 months ago
September 18, 2025: Honky Tonk origin story
The most iconic type of Nashville bar is part of a colorful history that includes cattle drives and sailors on shore leave. Plus, the local news for …
11 months ago
September 17, 2025: Zoning
Zoning laws may sound arcane, but they set the tone for so much of what gives a neighborhood its character. Plus, the local news for September 17, 20…
11 months ago
September 16, 2025: Thoughts and prayers
Not all deaths in the public sphere get the same level of response. Whether or not someone like Charlie Kirk should be remembered with large scale vi…
11 months ago
September 15, 2025: Nashville’s natural side
There was a time when the majority of parks in our city were about ball fields and band shells, but now the four largest parks in the system are most…
11 months ago
September 12, 2025: Free Speech
One of our most beloved rights in this nation is also one of the most contentious. Plus, the local news for September 12, 2025, and deciding where Na…
11 months, 1 week ago
September 11, 2025: The Great Migration
Our history as a state and country has been defined, in large part, by waves of migration. Tennessee has been part of many of those exoduses. Plus, t…
11 months, 1 week ago
September 10, 2025: The other time the Midstate got excited about a tunnel
For a brief moment, it looked like our part of the state could have played host to an underground atom smasher. The conversations around the Boring C…
11 months, 1 week ago
September 9, 2025: Hurdles to reducing harm
From the early days of auto safety to the current attempts to reduce overdose deaths, new ideas for increasing safety are often met with skepticism o…
11 months, 1 week ago
September 8, 2025: Ogles v. Molder all over again
Two men who became emblematic for pandemic disagreements back in 2020 are facing off again, this time in a Congressional election. Plus, the local ne…
11 months, 1 week ago