Why Did TN Education Commish Schwinn’s Husband’s Company Land A Huge State Contract? Senator Heidi Campbell grilled her about exactly that.
This isn’t the first time Schwinn has been embroiled in conflict of interest scandals. It’s kind of her thing.
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, REP. STEVE COHEN, THE EQUITY ALLIANCE and much more.
Here’s a quick highlight reel.
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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 you like to listen here.
"Our history of racial injustice casts a shadow across the American landscape that cannot be lifted until we shine the light of truth on the violence that shaped us."@Whataboutuspod1 reflects on a trip to @eji_org's Legacy Museum in Montgomery.
Pod: https://t.co/oekPW2M2po pic.twitter.com/rNg2Qialw4
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 14, 2021
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”
“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 on imaginary issues rather than helping folks who need it.
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 COVID where vaccine intake is exceptionally low compared to nationwide standards.
In general, Tennessee is at the bottom when it comes to vaccine intake, in large part thanks to a lack of leadership by Governor Lee, who made little fanfare of getting the vaccine himself, and has promised a marketing campaign to encourage folks to get the vaccine that has never materialized.
The Daily episode talks to doctor Daniel Lewis, a much-respected Greeneville doctor who nearly died of COVID, and has been doing his best to encourage folks in the area to get the shots.
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 Connection Pipeline and the ongoing environmental injustices happening right now in Memphis, Tennessee.
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FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.
"THERE'S NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN PEOPLE."@JustinPearsonIJ talked about @MemphisCAP_org's fight against the @ByhaliaPipeline and the disproportionate impact it would have on historic Black communities on @sunrisemvmttn's #RockyTopSunrise.
Full Pod ? https://t.co/oekPW2M2po pic.twitter.com/IBKnnsRnun
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 1, 2021
“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 Tennessee Republican Party.
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 people? Jews? Do you see the moral issue there?”