Summer Reading

As is our annual tradition, The Contributor brings you our annual list of books that can take you somewhere the algorithm might not allow.

We Remember

The 2025 Homeless Memorial remembered 169 people who died from the homeless community this year.

Poetry Issue

We present our favorite poems of the past year paired with custom illustrations by local artist and educator, Paul Collins.

You Belong Here

In early May, ICE arrested 196 people in Nashville where they stopped almost 600 people in areas of Nashville with heavy Latino populations.

Cover Story

On Feb. 11, students and their parents filled the Cordell Hull Building to denounce a bill attempting to deny education to undocumented immigrant children. On Feb. 5, the daughter of a World War II veteran demonstrated as part of Fifty Capitols, Fifty States, One Day, an effort to fight fascism across the country. Various other actions have happened as the legislature gathers: housing rights actions, trans rights, calls to keep education equitable, protests against genocide in Palestine and more.