One chilly October morning in Knoxville, Tennessee, a strange sound floated across the Gay Street viaduct. Alongside the rumblings of cars and the shakings of trains, it could clearly be heard: two violins, faint but strong, to the tune of the University of Tennessee football team’s fight song, “Rocky Top.” […]
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreements with a single county can affect an entire region, immigration advocates say. In East Tennessee, Knox and Greene counties maintain such agreements, while larger metropolitan areas have backed away from them. In 2018, an ICE raid in a Bean Station, Tennessee, slaughterhouse made national headlines. […]
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From the experience of a father’s forgiveness expressed with the pat of a hand, to a mother fixing your hair before the homecoming dance, to a brother holding you back from a schoolyard fight, our relationships with others are comprised of our shared sensory experiences. These formative life moments consist […]
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This week brought heavy news for low-income internet users. As of November 21, 2017, the Trump administration’s FCC has shifted its allegiances away from net neutrality. Running counter to the Obama era’s affordable internet project Landline, the FCC hopes to gut subsidies for internet in low-income homes and allow companies […]
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