Jul 17, 2024 | campaigns, opinion
From the Tennessean Tennessee U.S. Congress election: Meet Gloria Johnson, candidate for Senate by David Plazas 11 questions for the candidates Why are you running for this office? I’m running because it’s time to shift power back to where it belongs: with working...
Jun 1, 2023 | news, opinion
by Laura Clawson A Tennessee woman is the latest example of how, as long as states are allowed to ban abortion, we have to expect horror stories about the results of those bans. Her state’s ban forced Mayron Hollis into carrying a dangerous pregnancy until it turned...
Apr 15, 2023 | news, opinion
Last Thursday was a shameful day in the Volunteer State. Just days after six people — three of them only nine years old — were murdered in an elementary school, three Democratic lawmakers joined a group of protesters demanding their legislature act. Rather than listen...
Apr 10, 2023 | news, opinion
A week after Tennessee Republicans expelled two Democrats from the state House for a breach of decorum, wealthy Republicans from around the country will arrive in Tennessee for a Republican National Committee donor retreat. It’s simultaneously a bad look for the party...
Feb 11, 2023 | news, opinion
Two outlets tracking reactions to Tuesday’s State of the Union address show that President Joe Biden’s speech was received well by roughly seven in 10 Americans while also moving public opinion in his direction. In fact, both outlets found that...
