You can see the new and improved Metro Council website here.
What’s really cool is the subscriber function that sends automatic email updates so you can keep track of council business. Sweet!

But due to some personal business, we’ll have to wait until Monday, 9/12, for our next show. Thanks for checking on us…Love, Mary & Freddie
Monday’s Guest: Fresh from reporting from Hurricane Katrina’s wake, we welcome Clay Risen , Assistant Editor for The New Republic. Risen holds a B.A. from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service […]

The Larger Shame By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
“The U.S. Census Bureau reported a few days ago that the poverty rate rose again last year, with 1.1 million more Americans living in poverty in 2004 than a year earlier. After declining sharply under Bill Clinton, the number of poor people has now risen 17 percent under Mr. […]

NEW: Hands On Nashville knows that volunteers will be needed to provide goods and services to the hurricane victims relocated to Nashville. They have prioritized volunteer needs into short, intermediate and long-term anticipated needs. More info here.
The Nashville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross has opened a shelter for victims of Hurricane Katrina […]

The debate over Kanye West’s statements last night during the Concert for Hurricane Relief, rages on here and here.
But the point that Kanye (and others who voice the same sentiment) is missing is that President Bush doesn’t “hate” black people, he “hates” poor people. And by “hate” I mean he doesn’t understand them nor does […]

We thought there was a line the right-wing smear-merchants wouldn’t cross but we were wrong. They vilified Cindy Sheehan. We thought there was a line that the Bush Administration “apologists” wouldn’t cross, but again we were wrong. They continue to make excuses for the lack of leadership while the victims of Hurricane Katrina languish in […]

“The word in Tennessee is that Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, has presidential aspirations. I find that interesting. Perhaps he can run on the success he’s had throwing sick people off of Medicaid.
Thanks to Mr. Bredesen’s leadership, Tennessee is dumping nearly 200,000 residents, some of them desperately ill, from TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program. Cindy […]