These states are making it harder for schools to acknowledge LGBTQ people exist
Montana, Tennessee, and Arkansas want to keep gender identity and sexual orientation out of school curricula.
By Casey Quinlan - April 27, 2021Montana, Tennessee, and Arkansas want to keep gender identity and sexual orientation out of school curricula.
By Casey Quinlan - April 27, 2021‘What we did in the 20th century was the first Great Awakening of resistance to the racist systems. And I maintain that Black Lives Matter is the heir of that campaign,’ the Rev. James Lawson said.
By Associated Press - April 25, 2021Tennessee is the only state in which lawmakers have filed a so-called bathroom bill every year since 2016.
By Casey Quinlan - April 09, 2021Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is rated one of the most anti-environmental lawmakers in the country.
By Oliver Willis - April 01, 2021Anti-LGBTQ extremists ‘are targeting young children purely for their political gain,’ said an advocate for supportive education.
By Casey Quinlan - March 31, 2021‘Why are they so afraid or intimidated by people exercising their constitutional right to vote?’ said Tennessee House Democratic Caucus Chair Vincent Dixie.
By Associated Press - March 09, 2021‘Black lives matter don’t just matter when we get lynched by police. They matter when we are in our homes and our children are outside playing on our land.’
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021In Idaho, state Rep. Heather Scott opened the 2021 legislative session by declaring, ‘The pandemic is over.’
By Associated Press - March 01, 2021A recently introduced bill would allow a man to seek an injunction to block an abortion just by asserting he is the father.
By Lisa Needham - February 17, 2021‘Radical unconditional love for all children should be at the forefront of any decision,’ said a Tennessee mother.
By Casey Quinlan - February 15, 2021The entire judicial process highlights just how tenuous abortion access is in states like Arkansas.
By Lisa Needham - December 23, 2020If a Tennessee county commission’s ordinance passes in January, the local board of health will no longer be able to set health-related regulations.
By Amy Lieu - December 22, 2020A federal judge just handed the state another loss.
By Lisa Needham - December 16, 2020The Trump administration has three more executions scheduled ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
By Associated Press - December 16, 2020The state is putting doctors in a really uncomfortable position.
By Lisa Needham - December 08, 2020The students say white supremacy has no place on their campus.
By Tana Ganeva - October 20, 2020‘The death penalty is inextricably linked to our history of slavery, of lynching, and Jim Crow segregation.’
By Associated Press - September 20, 2020The ACLU says it will not back down from fighting back against the unlawful bans.
By Lisa Needham - September 18, 2020A total of 11 states now are pushing junk science about medication abortion ‘reversal’ — a procedure that doesn’t exist.
By Lisa Needham - September 04, 2020On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Tennessee Republicans refused to remove a statue honoring the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 10, 2020The GOP-controlled Statehouse is advancing a bill that could ban students from playing on the team that corresponds with their gender identity.
By Casey Quinlan - May 27, 2020Some business owners plan to wait until state and local officials are on the same page.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2020Marsha Blackburn is following the GOP’s playbook in blaming China for the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - April 30, 2020More than 2,300 Americans have died from the coronavirus.
By Oliver Willis - March 30, 2020Some Tennessee lawmakers are worried that women would abuse the tax-free status of feminine hygiene products.
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2020The measure allows faith-based adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples while still receiving taxpayer funding.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020The Tennessee lawmaker is under fire for smearing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a top National Security Council adviser, once again.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 24, 2020Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is complaining that Democratic colleagues running for president against Trump cannot be ‘impartial’ when it comes to his alleged high crimes and misdemeanors.
By Josh Israel - January 17, 2020Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey wants to bar student athletes from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn criticized China for ‘religious persecution’ and ‘covering up the mass violation of basic human rights.’
By Josh Israel - January 02, 2020