Tennessee parts supplier for John Deere, Yamaha fined for illegally employing children. What to know
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2024/03/26/tuff-torq-corp-owes-penalty-compensation-child-...
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2024/03/26/tuff-torq-corp-owes-penalty-compensation-child-...
10:48 AM - Mar 27, 2024
'Roots' author Alex Haley honored by Museum of Appalachia: 'He was God's storyteller'
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2024/03/05/roots-author-alex-haley-honored-by-museum-appal...
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2024/03/05/roots-author-alex-haley-honored-by-museum-appal...
09:42 PM - Mar 05, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
The rightwing activist Christopher Rufo has links to a self-styled “sociobiology magazine” that is focused on the supposed relationships between race, intelligence and criminality, and which experts have characterized as an outlet for scientific racism.
https://www.theguardian.
https://www.theguardian.
09:14 PM - Jan 31, 2024
Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-georgia-election-interfere...
02:43 PM - Oct 19, 2023
08:27 PM - Sep 29, 2023
This will result in diminished resources and have an adverse impact on students.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/25/tennessee-legislative-panel-study-rejectin...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/25/tennessee-legislative-panel-study-rejectin...
02:04 PM - Sep 26, 2023
The Supreme Court has rejected Alabama's request to use a disputed congressional map for the 2024 elections.
02:01 PM - Sep 26, 2023
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Title X funding headed back to Tennessee through Planned Parenthood.
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2023/09/26/planned-parenthood-in-tennessee-gets-federal-f...
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2023/09/26/planned-parenthood-in-tennessee-gets-federal-f...
02:00 PM - Sep 26, 2023
An oral history of the March on Washington, 60 years after MLK’s dream
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2023/march-on-washington-60th-anniversary-memorie...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2023/march-on-washington-60th-anniversary-memorie...
02:50 PM - Aug 26, 2023
How a racist email is key to the sudden departure of a Black deputy chief’s sudden departure from KPD
https://www.knoxnews.com/in-depth/news/local/2023/08/20/racist-email-is-key-to-the-mystery-of-brookl...
https://www.knoxnews.com/in-depth/news/local/2023/08/20/racist-email-is-key-to-the-mystery-of-brookl...
08:04 AM - Aug 21, 2023
10:13 AM - Aug 09, 2023
Had an amazing time at the Beck Cultural Center's 9th annual Eighth of August Red Carpet Event. Grateful to have been in attendance and witness the wonderful job done by the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. Kudos to the team for making this event a success! #BeckCulturalCenter #EighthOfAugust #RedCarp
09:48 PM - Aug 08, 2023
Charles J. Ogletree Jr., 70, Dies; at Harvard Law, a Voice for Equal Justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/obituaries/charles-j-ogletree-jr-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/obituaries/charles-j-ogletree-jr-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share...
06:11 PM - Aug 05, 2023
The '23-'24 Shoes for School event by the Knoxville Area Urban League was a resounding success. I took great joy in serving along with members of the Knoxville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in assisting Knox County students to begin the school year with the supplies needed.
05:59 PM - Aug 05, 2023
11:18 PM - Aug 04, 2023
“The organization has been receiving hate mail, Dr. Lonzer says, since the announcement about it pulling out of Florida. He responds, “We are not going to lay down our sword against Jim Crow. We will strike it down whenever that metaphorical system ever comes up again."
https://www.audacy.com/wao
https://www.audacy.com/wao
10:21 AM - Aug 04, 2023
Texas A&M will pay $1M to Black professor following botched hiring and internal review https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-m-will-pay-1m-black-professor-botched-hiring-internal-revi...
11:58 PM - Aug 03, 2023
Mississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mississippi-ex-law-enforcement-charged-civil-rights-offenses-2-b...
09:50 PM - Aug 03, 2023
Expelled Nashville Democrat Justin Jones of the ‘Tennessee Three’ wins back state House seat Along with Jones, fellow Democrat Justin Pearson, 28, was also vying to reclaim his House seat in Memphis.
09:16 PM - Aug 03, 2023
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“The 28 schools losing their librarians are predominantly situated in higher-poverty, minority-majority areas.”
https://www.weareteachers.com/houston-isd-fires-librarians/
“The 28 schools losing their librarians are predominantly situated in higher-poverty, minority-majority areas.”
https://www.weareteachers.com/houston-isd-fires-librarians/
03:32 PM - Jul 27, 2023
Between 2011 and 2022 alone, Black land-grant universities lost nearly $200 million in resources because states declined to provide them with matching funds while fully funding predominantly white universities, a new report notes.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/black-land-grant-universities-
https://www.chronicle.com/article/black-land-grant-universities-
11:30 AM - Jul 27, 2023
“Desperately concerning… we don’t feel like we can trust them at this point…”
More on Vandy being sued for handing trans folks’ medical records to agtennessee without pushback or warning.
https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/vumc-sued-over-handling-of-trans-medical-records-handling-f...
More on Vandy being sued for handing trans folks’ medical records to agtennessee without pushback or warning.
https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/vumc-sued-over-handling-of-trans-medical-records-handling-f...
02:51 PM - Jul 26, 2023
Tennessee sued over 'prohibited concept' law regulating race, gender topics in schools
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/26/tennessee-education-association-lawsuit-stat...
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/26/tennessee-education-association-lawsuit-stat...
11:17 AM - Jul 26, 2023
““According to a court document, Glass allegedly filmed himself inside the First Methodist Church in Jefferson City warning that a countdown had begun for a ‘surprise’ that was coming.”
https://www.wate.com/news/jefferson-county-news/jefferson-city-man-charged-with-civil-rights-intimid...
https://www.wate.com/news/jefferson-county-news/jefferson-city-man-charged-with-civil-rights-intimid...
02:17 PM - Jul 24, 2023
Rev. Dr. William Barber received the Clara M. Hale Humanitarian award. His advocacy with the Poor People’s Campaign is nothing short of amazing. He truly embodies what it means to be a social activist. Congratulations on receiving this much deserved recognition.
#DST1913 #DSTConvention2023
#DST1913 #DSTConvention2023
08:06 PM - Jul 20, 2023
Guns will permitted in Knox County Libraries.
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/20/mayor-glenn-jacobs-changes-policy-to-allow-g...
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/20/mayor-glenn-jacobs-changes-policy-to-allow-g...
12:29 PM - Jul 20, 2023
U.S. maternal mortality more than doubled since 1999, and most deaths were among Black women
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/us-maternal-mortality-doubled-1999-deaths-are-black-women-rcna92...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/us-maternal-mortality-doubled-1999-deaths-are-black-women-rcna92...
10:26 PM - Jul 03, 2023