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More than 340 books banned in Tennessee public schools
Tennessee ranks No. 4 in the number of books banned by school districts with more than than 340. The majority of the school book bans have happened in the Collierville School District. That’s from Arman Madani of the Statecraft newsletter. He took data collected PEN America and the American Library Association and enhanced it with…
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The Tennessee Three: Petty, partisan and profoundly racist saga
The question I have is was it after the fourth or fifth round at the Good Ole’ Boys Bar did it begin to sound like a good idea to bring expulsion resolutions against two young black Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and one of the few women in the Legislature, Democrat Gloria Johnson.…
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Emerald ash borer making ash trees a memory
I have firsthand experience at how devastating an invasive insect called the emerald ash borer can be. Small it may be; inconsequential it is not. If you don’t have ash trees, who some say are headed to “functional extinction” because of the emerald ash borer, you might not know the extent of the problem. A…
