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Homelessness Year in Review 2025
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The Contributor looks at the events and policy shifts that shaped the year
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Unzine Nashville and The Contributor Partner to Create Wrapping Paper
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The pages of wrapping paper inside the Dec. 3 issue of The Contributor were created as part of collaboration between vendors who sell The Contributor newspaper and Unzine Nashville.
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Unzine Pop-Up Exhibition Opens Nov. 8 at Gallery 56
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The show brings to life the eponymous zine series created through a partnership among The Contributor, Nashville Street Poetry Project, and Stagger Press
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Longtime Contributor writer and vendor, Jen A., leaves a legacy of brilliant art and love
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Jennifer Alexander, longtime Contributor vendor, artist, poet and writer, died Sept. 19 after suffering from a terminal illness. She was 74 years old.
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Cover Story
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The Salas Family Builds Businesses, Dreams and Community in Nashville
When you walk into LB Auto Repair in South Nashville, there’s a good chance you’ll be greeted not only by the smell of motor oil and the sight of cars in various stages of repair, but also by a four-year-old with big dreams. Her name is Lucy, and though she’s not even in Kindergarten yet, she’s already claiming her spot in the family business world. “She says she sells houses,” laughs her uncle, Jesus Salas Balcazar. “She’s our little CEO.”
That entrepreneurial spark runs through the entire family. Between Jesus, his sisters Perla and Ingrid, and their father, the family operates multiple small businesses in Nashville: LB Auto Repair, Perla’s beauty salon, and Ingrid’s real estate work and her husband’s business J. Any Fix, LLC. Together, they represent not only their own dedication and hustle but also the growing strength of Hispanic-owned, family-run businesses in Middle Tennessee.
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Cover Story
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Cooking Up Community: How Cynthia and Marcio Florez of Limo Restaurant are Building their Dream in Nashville
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School Supplies
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As the kids head back to school, the state ranks Davidson County near bottom for child well being
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City Closes ‘Old Tent City,’ Encampment Along the Cumberland
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“Closing an encampment is not a success story unless we also address the underlying issues that fuel homelessness like the affordable housing crisis in our city.”
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A Right to Housing: Maria Foscarinis on the Fight to End Homelessness
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Foscarinis reflects on her role in shaping federal homelessness policy and the urgent need to reframe how America thinks about housing