HAMILTON COUNTY TEACHER: “WHY I AM LEAVING TEACHING”
Below is an open letter from Hayley Little, a Hamilton County 7th Grade math teacher who has decided to stop teaching after 5 years, that she sent to the superintendent […]
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CHARLANE OLIVER: “IF YOUR VOTE DIDN’T MATTER THEY WOULDN’T BE TRYING SO HARD TO STOP YOU”
I know most of y’all won’t read this long post but nerds like me be tryna put y’all up on game for the Free 99 and some of y’all […]
RALLIES ACROSS TENNESSEE #BansOffOurBodies
This weekend Tennesseans all over marched in support of women’s rights. It was a beautiful sight to see. Here were some of the best moments and signs we saw. Sign […]
LIVE: BUSTING REPUBLICAN ABORTION MYTHS (with Francie Hunt)
Francie Hunt of TN Advocates Planned Parenthood joined us to walk through a Republican talking points memo on abortion and set some things straight. PODCAST HERE. LIVE: FRANCIE HUNT OF […]
WHY DID TN ED COMMISH SCHWINN LEAVE HER HUSBAND’S EMPLOYER OFF HER DISCLOSURE?
This week some eagle-eyed Hollerers pointed out TN Ed Commissioner Penny Schwinn left TNTP, the company where her husband works, off of her source of income disclosure. She listed it […]
SENATOR NICELEY’S ANTI-SEMITISM SHINES THROUGH AGAIN
Last week Republican state senator Frank Niceley (R-Strawberry Plains) made national news for his absurd comments invoking Hitler as an inspiration to homeless people. Nobody knew what the hell he […]
FOLLOW THE MONEY: ORGS BACKING LEE’S ED FUNDING PLAN GET $$ FROM GATES FOUNDATION
Today a number of organizations have come out in support of Governor Lee’s education funding (privatization) overhaul, which many public school advocates say will be inadequate, bad for public schools […]
12 MINUTES WITH REP. LEATHERWOOD, SPECIAL STRAIGHT PEOPLE MARRIAGE LICENSE SPONSOR
We spent 12 minutes talking to Rep. Leatherwood, whose bill to give a special marriage license to straight people went globally viral because it also might have legalized child marriage […]
FREEMAN’S VICTIM-ADVOCATE PROTECTION BILL KILLED BY GRIFFEY & THE GOP
WATCH: “Victim advocates are being called to court to testify AGAINST victims.” @VoteBobFreeman’s victim-advocate confidentiality bill killed by Griffey (retiring to be a judge) & Republicans as @StateRepCurcio makes another […]
INTERVIEW: ED FUNDING OVERHAUL BILL SPONSOR REP. MARK WHITE
We spoke with Rep. Mark White for 10 minutes about charter schools and Governor Lee’s potentially poisonous ed funding overhaul.