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COVID economy measures perpetuate feelings of unrest A recent protest at the Metro Courthouse suggests city officials and community groups are no closer to aligning than they were a year ago, when we all entered the COVID economy. Grievances at Friday’s budget rally echoed those of June last year when several of the same organizations came to the same spot and demanded, among other things, that Metro Government cut police funding, restore dwindling social services and dole out goods according to the needs of jobs characterized as overlooked. Demonstrators at City Hall included Workers’ Di...

Can a teen's on-site death change Nashville's construction standards? Some councilmembers hope so Cassandra Stephenson, Nashville Tennessean © Cassandra Stephenson Jennifer Enamorado talks about her brother, Gustavo Enrique Ramirez, who died at 16 after falling 11 stories while working at a Nashville construction site. Enamorado helped introduce the "Get It Right" bill to raise construction standards at Metro projects in Nashville's Public Square on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Metro councilmembers and workers advocates announced a new bill to raise standards and oversight for ...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Tennessee lawmakers are threatening to defund schools that refuse to return to in-person learning. The pressure campaign is aimed squarely at Memphis and Nashville, which serve mostly Black and Latino students and have been online-only since spring 2020. The squeeze on these two school districts com...