Federal judge overturns Tennessee’s ban on drag shows

Jun 7, 2023 | news

Late Friday, a federal judge overturned a new Tennessee law prohibiting drag performances in public spaces, ruling it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled the Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) violates the separation-of-powers principle and chills...

Tennessee abortion ban turns into nightmare for one woman

Jun 1, 2023 | news, opinion

by Laura Clawson A Tennessee woman is the latest example of how, as long as states are allowed to ban abortion, we have to expect horror stories about the results of those bans. Her state’s ban forced Mayron Hollis into carrying a dangerous pregnancy until it turned...

Standing in solidarity with the Tennessee Three

Apr 15, 2023 | news, opinion

Last Thursday was a shameful day in the Volunteer State. Just days after six people — three of them only nine years old — were murdered in an elementary school, three Democratic lawmakers joined a group of protesters demanding their legislature act. Rather than listen...

How Republicans Abuse Power in the TN House

Apr 11, 2023 | news

WATCH: To better understand Democratic frustrations surrounding how business is conducted in Tennessee's GOP supermajority House, watch this segment from our award-winning Revealed investigation – long before #TheTennesseeThree made national news. (Please...

Nashville council votes to reinstate Black Tennessee lawmaker

Apr 10, 2023 | news

NASHVILLE — Local officials voted Monday to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican state lawmakers for leading a gun-control protest on the House floor after a fatal school shooting. The vote by the Nashville Metro Council to give...

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