Tag: Tennessee

GOP Lawmakers Take More Steps Toward Trying To Eliminate DEI Nationwide

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bevan Goldswain / Getty Republican lawmakers are still working towards trying to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives nationwide. According to Best Colleges, there are more than 30 proposed bills targeting DEI programs at state-funded institutions.  The bills are aimed at defunding DEI offices and programs as well as removing diversity […]

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Watch: Tennessee Republicans Bully Through Extreme Teacher Gun Bill

“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]

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The Insane Moment Tennessee Republicans Voted to Put Guns in Schools

“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]

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Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to allow teachers and other school staff members to carry concealed handguns on school campuses. The measure, if it goes into law, would require those carrying guns to undergo training and have the approval of school officials, but parents and most other school employees would not be notified. […]

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Tennessee Republicans Made Massive Change To This HBCU, and People Aren’t Having It

It seemed like things couldn’t get any more shocking after Tennessee Republicans kicked two Black State Representatives out of the State Legislature last year. But the latest move affecting Tennessee’s only publicly-funded, Historically Black University still managed to send shock waves across the state. Republican-Led Political Expulsions Like In Tennessee Will Be The New Norm […]

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Ford Slows Its Push Into Electric Vehicles

Ford Motor on Thursday delayed the production of at least two new electric cars and said it would pivot to making more hybrids. Its decision was the latest sign that large automakers have been forced to rethink their strategy for electric vehicles because sales for those models are slowing. The shift by Ford and other […]

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Tennessee HBCU Gets A Major Change, And Black Twitter Has Some Thoughts

It seemed like things couldn’t get any more shocking after Tennessee Republicans kicked two Black State Representatives out of the State Legislature last year. But the latest move affecting Tennessee’s only publicly-funded, Historically Black University still managed to send shock waves across the state. Republican-Led Political Expulsions Like In Tennessee Will Be The New Norm […]

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Tennessee Bill Reversing Traffic Stop Reforms After Tyre Nichols’ Police Beating Death Signed Into Law

Source: JOSEPH PREZIOSO / Getty UPDATED: 11 a.m ET, March 29, 2024 A bill that repeals police traffic stop reforms adopted after the beating death of Tyre Nichols was signed into law on Thursday by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, potentially clearing the way for more innocent drivers to be legally brutalized by law enforcement. Lee, […]

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History Of The Melungeons: The Forgotten Tribe Of Appalachia

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Sepia Times / Getty America has a funny way of hiding history, and there’s no better example of that than the story of the Melungeons; a forgotten people of Appalachia.  Appalachia is a geographic region in the eastern United States located in the Appalachian Mountains. The region consists of 13 states […]

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