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Safe Streets Can’t Come Soon Enough

By Amanda Haggard | June 3, 2026

Metro and Mayor Freddie O’Connell have been promoting a Vision Zero goal to eliminate fatalities and injuries on the roads in Nashville, but advocates have called for the city to move faster.

“ … We Need Roses, Too.”

My Uncle Harry is 81 years old this year. He is vital and funny and very technically oriented. He had a great life as a software and hardware engineer in computers.

Q&A with Stephen Watts

Stephen Watts, 29, is a young Millennial with a Gen Z sensibility. Watts has an intersectional view of how his generation works in social justice and advocacy.

Hoboscopes: May 6, 2026

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained waitstaff member, or a certified chainsaw operator.

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Time Without Housing Is Harm: Why Nashville Needs a Real Homelessness System

Our Lives Are As An Unwritten Song

By Daniel H. | June 11, 2025

The title of the song is, “Our Lives are as an Unwritten Song.”

New Pee-Wee Herman documentary is a unique portrait of an artist and an iconic character

By Joe Nolan | June 11, 2025

Reubens was — perhaps unsurprisingly — a kid with a big imagination.

From moon rise till the next rising of da moon it’s all bout getting how one is built. Many were born to loose, but fight very, very hard to win. The aspects of this type of fight are vastly different than what many others would call a normal fight. Every time you feel you’ve accomplished something there’s always something or someone that’s trying to hold you down or back from sustaining the full potential in your life. The fact that we have actually achieved a goal that has allowed us to feel free and able to move forward, is the same reason why someone or something tries to hold us still. For instance, look at an individual who has been incarcerated and is coming out of incarnation after they repaid their debt to society.

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The Madison Finish Line

By Jeffrey W. | June 11, 2025

Over the past several years there have been a great number of people who simply can’t understand my faith in Jesus Christ. When I inventory my entire life, I can’t ever understand why at times I simply couldn’t see the obvious. I am human in every way. I was for the most part raised up until a teenager in Iowa. I was always blessed with talents of every kind, but could never really see it as a blessing.