Education reporter at @WPLN, Nashville’s @NPR station. Previously @MiamiHerald, @SFpublicpress.👩🏾🎓@SpelmanCollege, @columbiajourn, @tulanelaw
Nashville, TN
Joined November 2021
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Former MNPS teacher plans to continue bringing her concerns about grade-fixing to the Metro School Board
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Black business owners say proposed restrictions will harm Buchanan community
W/@cindy_abrams
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BE Academy is a new all-girls private school in Nashville tailored to Black students. I recently spoke with its founder who says the school couldn’t exist without vouchers.
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An MTSU dean fired over a Charlie Kirk post is suing the university, claiming that her termination was the result of political pressure and a violation of her First Amendment rights.
Here's my interview with her.
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A Tennessee teacher is asking a judge to lift “no contact” ban following Charlie Kirk-related suspension.
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Last week, Congress voted to clawback funds for pubic media. Show support for WPLN now at wpln.org/give
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She turns to police for help with her troubled son. It ends in a shooting that lays bare Florida’s broken mental health system — and cost her everything.
w/@MarbinMiller @lrobertsonmiami @CMorganHerald
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NEW: Life can be hard after leaving Florida foster care. These places offer soft place to land
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NEW: Free prison call program rewards good behavior, cost taxpayers zero. DeSantis killed it.
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NEW: How and why South Florida’s Caribbean voters are supporting the Kamala Harris campaign
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NEW: Jail just for not paying a traffic fine? Critics say Miami-Dade policy unfair to poor
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“The government is choosing to prosecute Ms. Hollis in bad faith because she continues exercising her First Amendment right to expose its ongoing misconduct to the public.”
w/@MarbinMiller
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NEW: Stuck in licensing limbo, Florida nursing students want answers. They’re not getting them
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My latest: They studied, passed the exam but were denied licenses. Is Florida at fault?
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Miami homeowner’s long fight with the city is over. Here’s how she won.
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My latest: Miami homeowner hopes to stop city from bulldozing home for something previous owner did.
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For this week’s @MiamiHerald: The 44 Percent newsletter, I wrote about heirs property ownership, Black history lessons in churches, the political resistance in Jacksonville and more.
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Miami Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla spoke after leaving jail. Here’s what he said.
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My latest: Florida may never free this prisoner, but court says one of his freedoms must be restored. miamiherald.com/news/special…
Great reporting by @IlyssaDaly and @JMitchellNews
For the past year, @JMitchellNews and I have talked to dozens of people about Eddie Scott, a sheriff in rural Mississippi who has been accused of sex abuse and harassment. We learned that for the past 11 years, he has ruled like a king. nyti.ms/43zi8Vp
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