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Learn More About Peer Cities’ Efforts to End Homelessness
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Which cities are doing well when it comes to reducing homelessness?
Safe Streets Can’t Come Soon Enough
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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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Q&A with Aftyn Behn
Time Without Housing Is Harm: Why Nashville Needs a Real Homelessness System
Hoboscopes: April 22, 2026
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Belonging and Becoming in the Borderlands
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My grandfather, mi abuelo, was born in Los Indios, Texas (or Mexico, depending on who you ask).
Hoboscopes
Hoboscopes: May 21, 2025
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Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a verified culturista, or a trained entomological psychologist.
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You Belong Here
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In early May, ICE arrested 196 people in Nashville where they stopped almost 600 people in areas of Nashville with heavy Latino populations.
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Learn More About the Politicization of Encampment Closures
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Against the outcry of neighborhoods and businesses, cities like Nashville have been desperate to find quick and highly publicized solutions to shut down encampments and reduce homelessness. This allows politicians to look like they are doing something — or at least that has been their theory. By now, we know that focusing solely on large encampment closures at the cost of actually building an effective system that helps people access permanent housing within 90 to 120 days is not working. Let me state that Nashville is not the only city jumping on the bandwagon of politicizing the closure of large encampments. The goal is apparent.
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The Surfer rides a wave of psycho-social madness at The Belcourt
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Like any good surf film, The Surfer delivers the goods.