In the Media
WPLN: Nashville’s first post-emancipation free Black neighborhood honored with ceremony and new research
Oct. 24, 2021
(Angela Sutton, research assistant professor of communication studies, interviewed.)
El Confidencial (Spain): Red October in the US: unions launch a wave of strikes due to lack of labor
Oct. 24, 2021
(Dan Cornfield, professor of sociology, quoted.)
The Tennessean: Why 200 years later, Vine Street Christian Church’s progressivism is still an ‘ongoing process’
Oct. 23, 2021
(Teresa Smallwood, teaching staff in religious studies, quoted.)
Los Angeles Times: A remarkable shift in attitudes leaves U.S. even more divided on race
Oct. 22, 2021
(John Sides, professor of political science, quoted.)
The Indianapolis Star: Indiana Sen. Scott Baldwin responds to record showing he is an Oath Keepers member
Oct. 21, 2021
(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted.)
Boston Review: The Supreme Court is poised to put politics above gun-violence prevention
Oct. 19, 2021
(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, authored.)
CBC: Trump pressures Republicans to embrace his false claims about election fraud
Oct. 19, 2021
(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, quoted.)
WTVF: ‘Someone to be reckoned with’ Remembering Colin Powell’s impact on Tennessee
Oct. 18, 2021
(Gray Sasser, executive director of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, interviewed.)
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Sohn: Like Vols fans with golf balls, our lawmakers trash Tennessee COVID-19 recovery
Oct. 18, 2021
(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted.)
Washington Post: Trump wanted to slash the federal government. But federal agencies are doing just fine.
Oct. 18, 2021
(David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor, Political Science, authored this piece.)