There was a time not so long ago that neighborhoods were fighting against greenways – the tucked-away alleys that connect our communities through the woods and along our waterways.
Signal Species: Calls from the wild
It’s always wise to pay close attention to our wild critters.
Harlan County USA: Fifty years later
This month marks 50 years since the premiere of “Harlan County USA.”
Buddy Miller on collaboration, working on ‘Nashville,’ and his first solo album in 15 years
If you bring up the name Buddy Miller in Nashville’s music circles, you’re likely to get a story about how he’s wonderful to work with — humble, talented, and a great collaborator.
Rapid-fire interviews with Nashville’s part-time authors
Happy Southern Festival of Books week!
Ain’t no party like a public radio ballot party
Who says politics can’t be fun?
The fate of the family business amid a corporate boom
A lot of family businesses make it to the second generation. Very few make it to the third. So a fifth generation is something special.
Jim Emison on his roots in Haywood County and Elbert Williams, the NAACP’s first voting rights martyr
On June 20, 1940 in Brownsville, TN, Elbert Williams was overheard vowing to register Black voters. Someone reported him to the local police. That night, police seized him from his home, jailed him, and interrogated him.
A community conversation on the death penalty and the botched execution of Christa Pike
One week ago, Tennessee tried to carry out the execution of Christa Pike. The execution did not go as planned. Pike survived the lethal injection, making her case an unprecedented moment in the history of capital punishment.
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