In 2023, The Tennessean’s Eating Nashville column dynamic duo, my colleagues Mackensy Lunsford and Brad Schmitt, ranked Red Lobster 20 out of 20 among Middle Tennessee chain restaurants. Mackensy decried a murky lobster tank and Brad described the lobster he ordered as rubbery, chewy and expensive. My heart sank, not because I’m the restaurant’s No. […]
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Black Tennesseans, we need your voices for the third annual Storytellers live show
In December 2023, I was hired as an opinion and engagement reporter for The Tennessean. In my position, I write a regular column, focusing on topics as varied as the failures of Metro Nashville Public Schools, the city of Nashville’s complicity in country music’s racism, and the legacy-building, game-changing work of University of South Carolina […]
Transgender Tennesseans want state’s refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The lawsuit was first filed in federal court in Nashville in 2019 by transgender Tennesseans who say Tennessee’s prohibition serves no legitimate government […]
Young Tennesseans are discouraged by politics, but they need to engage to make change
Tennessee has a voter turnout problem. Two in five eligible voters didn’t cast a legal ballot in the last presidential election. That’s more than 2 million people in the state who didn’t participate in a highly contested race for the highest office in the country. The age demographic least likely to vote are young adults […]