Julia Green Elementary School, nestled in tony Green Hills, is the envy of Nashville’s primary schools. Except in one area. Last year, the perennial high achiever got the equivalent of a cold slap: Poor children and students of color at…
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Nashville Really Is a Health Care Mecca
The health care industry deepened its roots in the Nashville area as well as its national reach since 2010. Health care contributed $38.8 billion to the regional economy in 2014, up more than $8 billion since a similar study five years…
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Homeless Kid Gets 33 on ACT and Admission to UTK
Jordan Brown has faced more trials than your average high school student, but he was able to overcome difficulties and find success. The University of Tennessee student moved into Fred Brown Residence Hall this weekend. For Brown, it is the…
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Desperate Unions Growing More Aggressive
A Tennessee man has filed federal charges against his employer and the union that represents his workplace, saying they attempted to force him to pay union membership dues, although Tennessee has had a right-to-work law prohibiting that practice since 1947….
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Prisons for Profit
Former inmates say workers at Corrections Corporation of America used them for free labor. They say while serving their sentences, they built products that eventually lined the pockets of supervisors. Davidson County’s district attorney is investigating as well as the…
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Criminal Probe of Hillary Intensifies
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign casts her decision to turn over her personal email server to the Justice Department as cooperating with investigators. Her Republican critics suggest that the move and new revelations about classified information points to her malfeasance…
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