Environment

Nashville Mayor on Making the City Livable, Schools Chief Search
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry -- let's call her Music  City's progressive hope -- sends a periodic newsletter paid for by Friends of Megan Barry that talks local events and issues. We share it here in the hope that it helps you stay informed…

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Can the US Be Saved? Stream of Consciousness After Seeing ‘Where to Invade Next’
Want to make America great again? The answer lies not with Drumpf, not with Clinton’s status quo, but with what you’ll learn in Michael Moore’s latest award-winning documentary. Lesson One: Love your neighbor. Lesson Two: If you think the land of guns, greed,…

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Fur Free Friday, Climate Change Rally Photos – Progressive Nashville
You can hear about the Nashville Animal Advocacy anti-fur protest at Regency Furs on Hillsboro Pike during GDPR Nashville's Green Tea Radio, airing Monday and Tuesday at 4 am, 8 am, and 4 pm Central Time, but you can see the photos right…

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The Daily Bern Action Alert: Make Bernie Sanders’ Speech Go Viral
We at GDPR Nashville are gobsmacked by the reaction we received to our broadcasts of Sen. Bernie Sanders' Nov. 19 address to students at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The emails that came in response have raised our spirits by leaps and bounds.…

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The Daily Bern: Sanders Staff Nashville Visit Empowers Volunteers
I am still on a high following last night's Nashville stop of the Bernie Sanders campaign's Tennessee State Volunteer Tour. Nearly 300 people from across the Metro area were on hand at the United Auto Workers Hall to meet with Bernie 2016 staffers…

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Peace Coalition Meets, Southern Books Festival in Progressive Nashville
Mercury is in retrograde, which may explain why everything is scattered and black right now.  (A painful back injury has left me prone and miserable of late.) Happily, that depressing period should be coming to an end Oct. 9. That means perhaps there…

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Building the Future, DOCtober, River Cleanup in Progressive Nashville
Fall is here, and opportunities to make progressive change abound in Music City this weekend. Let's take a look at a very full calendar covering Friday through Sunday. FRIDAY, OCT. 2 United for a Fair Economy and Working Films present Tomorrow's Tennessee: Building for the Future. This…

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