Around 35 East Knoxville residents and activists protested against the city of Knoxville’s streetscaping plan for Magnolia Avenue on Tuesday, turning an otherwise mundane City Council meeting into a display …
UT Campus Groups Form Pro-Diversity Collective to Fight ‘Hostile Climate’
Student protests in the heart of the administration building. Threats to cut funding by state legislators. Calls for resignations of top university officials by politicians. Possible loss of university accreditation. …
Local Activists Form Knoxville Branch of Showing Up for Racial Justice
For white East Tennessee residents interested in assisting minority justice movements like Black Lives Matter Knoxville and Comite Popular de Knoxville (an organization for undocumented immigrants), there is now a …
Knoxville’s Only Ferry Service Prepares to End Its Run
The forward section of the small passenger boat floats idly away from the dock, its engine off while the captain waits for passengers to return from the big game. After …
‘The Ace Miller Story’ Premieres at the Knoxville Film Festival
Local filmmaker Blake McKinney is publicly premiering his documentary, Legends of Appalachia: The Ace Miller Story, with his co-director and writer Doug McDaniel at the Knoxville Film Festival, which runs …