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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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Q&A with Aftyn Behn
Time Without Housing Is Harm: Why Nashville Needs a Real Homelessness System
Hoboscopes: April 22, 2026
Vendor Writing

Gone But NEVER Forgotten

By Norma B. | September 4, 2024

I’ve ALWAYS said selling the paper ISN’T just about the money, it’s about the connections you make with the people you meet.

Features

Levi Watkins Jr.’s Legacy as Vanderbilt Medical School’s First African-American Student

By Ridley Wills II | September 4, 2024

Levi Watkins Jr. was on the frontlines of the complicated task of integrating the Vanderbilt Medical School.

Features

A Few Questions with Benton McDonough

By Judith Tackett | September 4, 2024

Benton McDonough is the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and the Executive Director of the Metro Beer Board. But to many, he’s known as Nashville’s Night Mayor.

Features

Daybreak Arts celebrates 10 years of offering a creative space for the underprivileged

By Justin Wagner | August 28, 2024

Daybreak Arts is a nonprofit and art collective that provides tools, workshop space, and gallery exhibitions to a community of artists with lived experience in poverty and homelessness.

Hoboscopes

Hoboscopes: August 28, 2024

By Mr. Mysterio | August 28, 2024

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained explorer, or a registered plumber.

Features

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ reigns on Hulu

By Joe Nolan | August 21, 2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is streaming on Hulu

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