But ones in jurisdictions with residents who stormed the Capitol did not initially commit to use their authority under the law.
Tennessee
Posted inPolitics
Can the ‘Senate Six’ Beat Voter Suppression and Democratic Disinvestment?
The results among Black Democratic candidates in the South may provide fresh clues about the direction of the party and the country.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Life-and-Death Decisions: Why Some States Vote to Block Health Care Reform
Jonathan Metzl, author of “Dying of Whiteness,” discusses how racial resentment has fueled a backlash against health care policy designed to include immigrants and minorities—with deadly consequences for working-class white Americans.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Win for Cheap Alcohol, a Loss for Democracy
A Supreme Court ruling nullifies a core piece of the 21st Amendment: state control of alcohol markets.
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Raises the Floor in Nashville
As construction booms in an increasingly progressive city, workers find the power to unionize in the otherwise non-union South.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Voter Registration Is Surging—So Republicans Want to Criminalize It
Turnout by voters of color went up by double digits in Tennessee and other states last year, prompting a spate of GOP bills designed to shut down voter registration drives.
Posted inEducation in America
The Highlander Center Won’t Let an Arsonist Extinguish Its Flame of Justice
The Tennessee training center has been a hub of the civil rights movement and progressive organizing since 1932. It appears that hatemongers have again tried to shut it down.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Tennessee Republicans Experience Cognitive Dissonance on Poverty
Tennessee has increased welfare benefits for the first time in 22 years, while also proposing to kick people off medical and food assistance.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Battling Blight in Memphis
Tennessee’s second-largest city has become a national model for eliminating the scourge of abandoned buildings and vacant lots.