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Shirt Shriftnew

Employee alleges he was fired for wearing a T-shirt supporting same-sex marriage.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold |
01-24-2013 |
Civil Liberties
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
The Murderer on Music Rownew

A true tale of homicide, madness and attempted mass destruction from Nashville's sordid past.
Nashville Scene |
Wayne Wood |
05-30-2012 |
Features
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
Kiss Die Cutnew

The next wave of Nashville printmakers rocks Music City
Nashville Scene |
Laura Hutson |
04-05-2012 |
Features
The next wave of Nashville printmakers rocks Music Citynew

Kiss Die Cut
Nashville Scene |
Laura Hutson |
04-05-2012 |
Art
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
Bruise Controlnew

What happens when you put 500 scurvy indie rockers aboard a cruise ship with unsuspecting tourists? Place your bets.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold and D. Patrick Rodgers |
02-23-2012 |
Travel
Tags: Bruise Cruise 2012, Neil Hamburger
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
Religious Liberty Threatened by Everything Obama Does From the Moment He Wakes Upnew

Tennessee GOP lawmakers are predictably hopping onto the bandwagon of verbal assault on the mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception and birth control without exemptions for religiously affiliated hospitals and universities.
Nashville Scene |
Bruce Barry |
02-09-2012 |
Politics