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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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The Contributor In Poetic Form

By Norma B. | April 17, 2024

I have a friend who’s familiar with my writing and when I told her I was taking a poetry class offered by The Contributor, she said, “You should try to write an acrostic poem.”

Yellow Graphic reading: Vendor Writing
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Pieces of Poetry – 22

By Chris Scott Fieselman | April 17, 2024

Double Deuce is on the Loose – This is the Life I Choose

Features

The ‘Road House’ reboot is misunderstood and underrated

By Joe Nolan | April 17, 2024

One of the most interesting aspects of the new Road House is the postmodern meta-narrative created between Dalton and Roxie and Steven.

Features

A Few Questions With: Khalil Ekulona

By Judith Tackett | April 17, 2024

You may not know what he looks like, but chances are you have heard his voice.

Features

Learn More About the 211 Helpline

By Judith Tackett | April 17, 2024

Housing, food and utilities are the top three categories for requests received by our local 211 phone line in 2023.

Features

Cumberland University loses to win

By Ridley Wills II | April 17, 2024

Early in 1916, Cumberland University leadership decided that their failing football team should be shut down to help relieve the school’s mounting financial woes, but they had one more game to play.

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