Meribah Knight
The Boston Globe
Nashville, TN, United States
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Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge. → Read More
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge. → Read More
The Promise, Season 2, Is Coming. Here's A Sneak Peek.
This season on The Promise, we take on one of the most divisive topics in America: public education. We spend the year at Warner Elementary, a struggling school in East Nashville. Warner’s students are almost all black and almost all poor, despite the fact that the neighborhood is far from it. The school’s test scores are in the doldrums, its enrollment is dropping. But it’s about to embark on… → Read More
When The Winds Came: A Nashville Reporter In The Middle Of The Tornado
The winds came with little warning in the early hours of March 3. Super Tuesday. My husband woke me just before 1 a.m. A tornado was in the area, he said. It was close, very close. I might have to take our 16-month-old and head to the basement. He peered out our bedroom window. The wind howled. The tornado siren screamed. Then … → Read More
Overfilled Metro Schools Show Families Are Moving South
New Metro Schools data show that, while student enrollment across the district is going down, schools in some areas of the county are overflowing. And → Read More
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Slams Impeachment Inquiry On Senate Floor
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is nothing more than political theater. The Middle Tennessee → Read More
With Mayor Briley Defeated, His Affordable Housing Plan May Be Too
One of Mayor David Briley’s defining programs was his ambitious plan to build more affordable housing. Known as Under One Roof , it committed half a → Read More
Arts-Focused Development In North Nashville Opens More Units
An affordable housing development in North Nashville opened more units, with a focus on the arts. The development at 26th Avenue North and Clarksville → Read More
Metro Police Review Of Clemmons Shooting Is Done. But 2 Years Later It Hasn’t Been Released.
More than two years after the fatal police shooting of Jocques Clemmons , the Metro Police Department still hasn’t completed its internal review of the → Read More
Woman Sues Housing Agency Over Husband’s Fatal Shooting
The widow of a man fatally shot at a Nashville public housing development is suing the city’s housing agency for wrongful death and negligence. Tia → Read More
Mayor's Race 2019: John Cooper’s Best Weapon Was Frustrated Neighborhoods
Before Councilman John Cooper ran for mayor of Nashville, he was a perennial thorn in the side of Metro government, giving a hard no to a number of the → Read More
Metro Parks Says It Might Supplement — Not Move — Confederate Memorial
Metro Parks has deferred a decision on whether to move the Confederate Private Monument from its place near the Parthenon to another section of Centennial → Read More
Mayor’s Race 2019: Candidates Question City’s Ambitious Plans For Public Housing
Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency has a long history in the city. It built the first public housing in the late 1930’s, then pivoted → Read More
Metro Audit Of Affordable Housing Fund Reveals Weak Oversight
A new Metro audit describes poor oversight of the city’s affordable housing fund. It reveals significant issues, including slipshod monitoring of how its → Read More
Nashville Mayor Announces Plans To Build Two New Affordable Housing Developments
The mayor’s office announced plans to build two new affordable housing developments in North and East Nashville. It’s the first step in Mayor David Briley → Read More
Murfreesboro Residents Get A Big Tax Hike After Decades Of Flat Taxes
Rutherford County commissioners are voting tonight on a proposed property tax increase. It likely will not pass, because it was voted down in committee. → Read More
Curious Nashville: An Easily Overlooked Building Is Named After A Remarkable Advocate
The question was about as straightforward as they get for Curious Nashville. The MHDA training center named for Randee Rogers — who was she? The training → Read More
Mayor’s Race 2019: Candidates, Some More Than Others, Talk Immigration
At a forum for mayoral candidates Monday night, three of the leading contenders talked about what they would do on the issue of deportation. It was a → Read More
Another Nashville Neighborhood Becomes A Food Desert As Its Grocery Stores Close
It’s easier to say what the James Cayce Homes doesn’t have than what it does. There is no coffee shop. No laundromat. No corner store. No restaurant or → Read More
Mayor’s Race 2019: Most Won’t Rule Out A Future Property Tax Increase
As Nashville’s Metro Council works to finalize the city budget, members will be debating whether to raise the property tax. As that conversation swirls — → Read More