TENNESSEE HOLLER FEST 2021
Highlights from our first ever TENNESSEE HOLLER FEST, featuring inspiring voices from across the state lifting up the issues we face – including STELLA PARTON, JUSTIN JONES, REP. JIM COOPER, […]
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Entries by Justin Kanew
A Trip to Montgomery
Sandy summarizes her trip to the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and “lynching memorial” and searches for signs of its mission in our state. FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts here, and wherever else […]
REP. JOHN RAY CLEMMONS: “Governor Lee is out of Touch.”
Rep. John Ray Clemmons lashes out at Lee & The GOP over their attacks on the unemployed, who they clearly think are lazy: “GOVERNOR LEE IS OUT OF TOUCH” FULL […]
Tennessee Is Going Backwards
“This session should’ve been a wake-up call for moderates, independents, sensible Republicans…TENNESSEE IS GOING BACKWARDS.” Sen. Yarbro on the extremism of Gov. Bill Lee and the Republican Party supermajority, focusing […]
NYT’s “THE DAILY” Podcast On GREENEVILLE, TN’s Vaccine Hesitancy
Today’s episode of the New York Times “The Daily” podcast is called “Rural Tennessee’s Vaccine Hesitators”, and it’s all about vaccine hesitancy in GREENEVILLE, Tennessee – a community hard-hit by […]
The Battle Against the Byhalia Pipeline
Hale and Cassie are joined by Justin Pearson, one of the co-founders of the grassroots movement Memphis Community Against The Pipeline (MCAP). They dig into the movement’s fight against the Byhalia […]
Organizer Justin Jones on the RUN-OVER-A-PROTESTER Bill
“If something does happen to me, bring my casket outside the Capitol.” Activist Justin Jones on the RUN-OVER-A-PROTESTOR bill now revived by Lt. Gov. McNally, Gov. Bill Lee, and the […]
Lee Gives Non-Answer on LGBTQ Curriculum Opt-Out Bill
HOLLER to Governor Bill Lee: “You said you’ll support the LGBT curriculum opt-out bill…would you support a bill that requires teachers to warn parents if they plan to mention black […]
Tennessee Can Do Better for Women
Adrienne Pakis-Gillon knows about women in politics, from the passage of the 19th amendment to her disappointment with the representation of women in our GOP majority legislature. Ladies, can’t we do […]
The “Third Death Penalty” is NO MORE in Tennessee
“TODAY MERCY WON. People told us this was impossible, but No Exceptions Prison Collective rejected that.” Rev. Jeannie Alexander celebrates a huge win in the Senate — after 6 years […]