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Metro Nashville Public Schools launches AI storytelling pilot founded by Colin Kaepernick - WSMV

Jan. 23: Marsha Blackburn Gets Some Legislature Support; Fairgrounds Speedway Charter Amendment Language - Nashville Banner

Neighbors create app, task force to help the vulnerable through the upcoming winter storm - WKRN

Refugees, asylum seekers to lose TennCare, while state weighs ending immigrant prenatal care - Tennessee Lookout

Doctor at VUMC charged with 13 counts of child sexual exploitation - WKRN

National

Convicted pedophiles, sex predators arrested in Minnesota immigration sweep within the last 24 hours - CNN

California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exit - The Hill

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention - Politico

Vance, Trump tout administration’s record on abortion at March for Life rally - The Hill

Trump’s ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ Injects Immigration Into Maine Politics - NOTUS

International

Japan pauses restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant one day after it went online - The Guardian

Sovereign bases and a Golden Dome: what Trump wants from Greenland deal - The Times

Trump walks back Greenland tariffs threat, citing vague ‘deal’ over territory - The Guardian

Barron Trump ‘saved woman’s life’ in London - The Times

Trump still pushing aides to draw up ‘decisive’ military options against Iran — WSJ - Times of Israel

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Nashville +

Metro Nashville Public Schools launches AI storytelling pilot founded by Colin Kaepernick - WSMV

Jan. 23: Marsha Blackburn Gets Some Legislature Support; Fairgrounds Speedway Charter Amendment Language - Nashville Banner

Neighbors create app, task force to help the vulnerable through the upcoming winter storm - WKRN

Refugees, asylum seekers to lose TennCare, while state weighs ending immigrant prenatal care - Tennessee Lookout

Doctor at VUMC charged with 13 counts of child sexual exploitation - WKRN

National

Convicted pedophiles, sex predators arrested in Minnesota immigration sweep within the last 24 hours - CNN

California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exit - The Hill

RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention - Politico

Vance, Trump tout administration’s record on abortion at March for Life rally - The Hill

Trump’s ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ Injects Immigration Into Maine Politics - NOTUS

International

Japan pauses restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant one day after it went online - The Guardian

Sovereign bases and a Golden Dome: what Trump wants from Greenland deal - The Times

Trump walks back Greenland tariffs threat, citing vague ‘deal’ over territory - The Guardian

Barron Trump ‘saved woman’s life’ in London - The Times

Trump still pushing aides to draw up ‘decisive’ military options against Iran — WSJ - Times of Israel

Immigration

Tennessee district attorneys release immigration report, reveal violent crime stats - WZTV

Tennessee Population Increase Outpaces Nationwide Overall Growth - The Tennessee Conservative

‘Beyond betrayal’: Nashville Kurdish community worries for future of Kurds in Syria - WPLN News

Culture

James Zimmermann Could Win The Culture War - The Pamphleteer

The Year of the Great Unplugging - Intercollegiate Studies Institute

“Neglected classics,” by Robert Erickson - The New Criterion

Opinion

Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy - Semafor

Conservative group drops millions on ads for Collins in Maine - Semafor

US plans to reduce NATO participation - Semafor

Immigration

Tennessee district attorneys release immigration report, reveal violent crime stats - WZTV

Tennessee Population Increase Outpaces Nationwide Overall Growth - The Tennessee Conservative

‘Beyond betrayal’: Nashville Kurdish community worries for future of Kurds in Syria - WPLN News

Culture

James Zimmermann Could Win The Culture War - The Pamphleteer

The Year of the Great Unplugging - Intercollegiate Studies Institute

“Neglected classics,” by Robert Erickson - The New Criterion

Opinion

Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy - Semafor

Conservative group drops millions on ads for Collins in Maine - Semafor

US plans to reduce NATO participation - Semafor

Policy

Key facts about Black Americans and religion - Pew Research

Where most people trust others and where they don’t around the world - Pew Research

What are Trump accounts? What are Baby Bonds? - Brookings

Conservation

A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US - Grist

A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste - Inside Climate News

Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report - The Guardian

Health & Food

U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization - NYT

Why health insurers face new pressure from GOP on affordability - Axios

Medical groups challenge Kennedy-backed cuts to vaccine recommendations for children - Reuters

Research

Key facts about Black Americans and religion - Pew Research

Where most people trust others and where they don’t around the world - Pew Research

What are Trump accounts? What are Baby Bonds? - Brookings

Climate

A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US - Grist

A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste - Inside Climate News

Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report - The Guardian

Health & Food

U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization - NYT

Why health insurers face new pressure from GOP on affordability - Axios

Medical groups challenge Kennedy-backed cuts to vaccine recommendations for children - Reuters

Left

Aaron Benanav, Beyond Capitalism—1, NLR 153, May–June 2025 - New Left Review

The Anti-Monopolist - Monthly Review (PDF)

The Meaning of Milei - New Left Review

Essays

Why Chatbots are Female - New Polity

The greatest Victorian - The New Criterion

Personnel Is Policy: The Fabric of Government Organization - American Affairs

Right

Trump’s sphere of influence gambit is sloppy, self-sabotage - Responsible Statecraft

Trump’s Russia–Ukraine Diplomacy Is Good. Here’s How It Could Be Better - The American Conservative

Exploring the Contours of an America First Nuclear Strategy - American Affairs

Left

Aaron Benanav, Beyond Capitalism—1, NLR 153, May–June 2025 - New Left Review

The Anti-Monopolist - Monthly Review (PDF)

The Meaning of Milei - New Left Review

Essays

Why Chatbots are Female - New Polity

The greatest Victorian - The New Criterion

Personnel Is Policy: The Fabric of Government Organization - American Affairs

Right

Trump’s sphere of influence gambit is sloppy, self-sabotage - Responsible Statecraft

Trump’s Russia–Ukraine Diplomacy Is Good. Here’s How It Could Be Better - The American Conservative

Exploring the Contours of an America First Nuclear Strategy - American Affairs

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