1+ day, 17+ min ago  (1265+ words) Growing up, I used to think human trafficking happened when young women from poor countries were duped into fake modeling contracts that promised them to escape extreme poverty, only to end up as an escort service or a brothel in…...

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2+ week, 1+ day ago  (638+ words) In Nashville this spring, galleries and gatherings, artists and organizations are using spaces to explore issues of housing insecurity, racial and gender identity, and the enduring impact of marginalization on communities. Daybreak Arts to Host Spring Gala to Celebrate Its…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (107+ words) Join us for light fares and drinks as we celebrate accomplishments of The Contributor and our newspaper vendors for 2025. We will also have an online silent auction (coming soon!) Tickets are $30 with proceeds directly supporting The Contributor and our newspaper…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (893+ words) Helpers: This is the second in a series about people pitching in for their neighbors, friends and community in ways big and small. Throughout 2026, the organization will mark its 80th year with special programming and events, including its signature fundraisers " Unleashed,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (459+ words) Our pause is not a retreat," Kennetha Patterson wrote to Nashville's Office of Homeless Services Director April Calvin on Jan. 15. It is a boundary rooted in integrity." Patterson, the self-titled homeless CEO" and leader of Metro's lived experience cohort, announced…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (699+ words) The Contributor CAPRICORN Everybody knows that black bears hibernate during the winter They enter a state of torpor in which their heart-rate, breathing and metabolism slow They stop eating and live off stored fat while they sleep away the winter…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (361+ words) We're now seeing all of those people come back here," Champion said. In the winter months this season, the All Sorts Lobby welcomed 4, 012 guests in the space for dinner and opened the space for them to warm up in the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (847+ words) It feels like the War on Poverty, which was launched in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act has turned into a War on the Poor. In early January, the Trump Administration announced the cut…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (687+ words) The Tennessee State Museum opened Tennessee Voices, American Stories on Jan. 13 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The exhibition, which is organized around three concepts from the preamble to the U. S. Constitution: "We the People,…...