AltWeeklies Wire
The Priorities of Outrage: Guns Before Butternew

The tragedy that unfolded in Newtown is the kind of regularly occurring horror that our modern-day 24-hour media apparatus exists to exploit. But when it comes to the systemic, glacial destruction of the lives of millions of Americans in the ongoing farce that is a war on poor people, the story that needs to be told isn't.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
12-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Gone Galtnew

When it comes to conservative film, Middle Tennessee has front row seats.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
10-19-2012 |
Media
Tags: conservative Propaganda
Questions Remain As Davidson County's Controversial Deportation Program Endsnew

After nearly five years of controversies, bad headlines and a sustained cry of protest from Nashville's immigrant community, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall held a press conference Tuesday morning announcing that his office will no longer participate in the unpopular Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as 287(g).
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
08-27-2012 |
Immigration
Tags: 287(g), immigration
No Sex, No Educationnew

What's at stake in the Tennessee legislature's covert war on Planned Parenthood.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
05-10-2012 |
Education
Have Gun, Will Litigatenew
Proposed legislation would create a protected class in the workplace — gun owners.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
04-26-2012 |
Policy Issues
Prime Time for Pink Slimenew

Is pink slime The Jungle 2.0, or the manufactured outrage of the moment?
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
04-12-2012 |
Food+Drink
The New Face of Hatenew

The changing guard of white separatism convenes at a Tennessee state park.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
03-29-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: white separatism
Search & Destroynew

The SOPA bill may be dry-docked, but the battle over online piracy rages.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
03-12-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Does It Get Better?new

Suicide, bullying and anti-LGBT legislation are creating tough times for gay Tennessee teens.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
02-17-2012 |
LGBT
Amazon To Cock-Block Local Businesses This Holiday Seasonnew

Internet instant gratification behemoth Amazon is telling hopeful consumers to go into local retailers and photograph inventory prices in exchange for a paltry 5 percent discount (up to $5) on Amazon-equivalent products.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
12-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
The Unkindest Cutnew

A Nashville company fires a recently paralyzed teenage employee, cutting off her medical coverage — and raising doubts about health care reform.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor