Family conflicts are undermining the freedom of Black Tennesseans.
Elon Musk’s company Zai is embroiled in a heated dispute over supercomputers in Memphis, Tennessee, a situation that appears to be fracturing the local black community. There’s an old saying that not all kin are family, but what occurs when familial connections feel more adversarial, and communication resembles tension rather than support? In times when […]
Trump administration freezes $8M in family planning health care grants for low-income Tennesseans • Tennessee Lookout
The Trump administration suddenly suspended an estimated $8 million federal grant on Monday that provides family planning, cancer screening and preventive care to low-income Tennessee. Since the second half of 2023, more than 30,000 Tennessees have access to healthcare through affected organizations. Planned Parenthood has announced that nine of its affiliates, including affiliates that fund […]
Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march • Tennessee Lookout
SELMA, Ala. – Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama police officers and police, attempting to make an effort to invoke voting rights from Selma to the Montgomery state capital. “I actually saw March and wanted to come. At […]