Holly McCall
@jhollymc.bsky.social
Editor, Tennessee Lookout. Nonprofit news outlet holding the powerful accountable. Publish the news and raise hell. https://tennesseelookout.com/
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In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years
Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.
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February 20, 2026 at 2:06 AM
In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers
The crowd just recited a pledge to the Christian flag: I didn't know there was either. A band from the 101st Airborne Division is playing the national anthem. (1)
February 20, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The crowd just recited a pledge to the Christian flag: I didn't know there was either. A band from the 101st Airborne Division is playing the national anthem. (1)
Photojournalist John Partipilo and I are covering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tonight, giving a speech to the International Christian Media Convention at Opryland Hotel. Hegseth is set to begin at 7:10, which in my experience with national figures, means 7:45. Stand by.
February 20, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Photojournalist John Partipilo and I are covering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tonight, giving a speech to the International Christian Media Convention at Opryland Hotel. Hegseth is set to begin at 7:10, which in my experience with national figures, means 7:45. Stand by.
Apparently, my spellcheck does not recognize the term "self flagellate."
February 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Apparently, my spellcheck does not recognize the term "self flagellate."
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s faith calls him to address hunger, health access and community care, he said during an event Thursday at the progressive Center for American Progress that previewed a potential presidential campaign in the 2028 cycle.
Kentucky Gov. Beshear claims faith mantle in speech to liberal group • Tennessee Lookout
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s faith calls him to address hunger, health access and community care, he said during an event Thursday.
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February 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s faith calls him to address hunger, health access and community care, he said during an event Thursday at the progressive Center for American Progress that previewed a potential presidential campaign in the 2028 cycle.
You know him, you love him -- or his writing, at least. Here's a 32-minute podcast chance to hear @tennesseelookout.com Senior Reporter Sam Stockard talk about Brentwood-based private prison company CoreCivic, booming since President Donald Trump took office last year.
Tennessee-based CoreCivic is one of the biggest contractors for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and its profits have ballooned in the last year. In this 32-minute podcast, Lookout Senior Reporter Sam Stockard talks about how entrenched the private prison company is in Tennessee.
Looking into one of ICE’s biggest contractors: CoreCivic • Tennessee Lookout
In a States Newsroom podcast, Tennessee Lookout reporter Sam Stockard talks about how entrenched CoreCivil is in Tennessee.
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February 19, 2026 at 7:24 PM
You know him, you love him -- or his writing, at least. Here's a 32-minute podcast chance to hear @tennesseelookout.com Senior Reporter Sam Stockard talk about Brentwood-based private prison company CoreCivic, booming since President Donald Trump took office last year.
The United States filed a lawsuit against Dyersburg City Schools in 1966, stating that the district violated the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by maintaining a “dual” school system. On Feb. 12, a federal court dismissed the case.
Federal court dismisses decades-long desegregation case against Dyersburg City Schools • Tennessee Lookout
A federal court on Feb. 12 dismissed a desegregation case that has held Dyersburg City Schools accountable to monitoring for nearly 60 years.
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February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The United States filed a lawsuit against Dyersburg City Schools in 1966, stating that the district violated the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by maintaining a “dual” school system. On Feb. 12, a federal court dismissed the case.
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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
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Arizona does not vet new voucher schools.
Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.
Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Arizona does not vet new voucher schools.
Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Tonight at the gym, I got to say one of my favorite things to a man: "You need me to take some weight off of that for you?"
February 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Tonight at the gym, I got to say one of my favorite things to a man: "You need me to take some weight off of that for you?"
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Visit our new "Immigration Enforcement" trend page for updates across the states.
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Visit our new "Immigration Enforcement" trend page for updates across the states.
www.newsfromthestates.com/rising-trend...
Immigration Enforcement | News From The States
Aggressive tactics employed by immigration agents under the Trump administration generated a wave of backlash across the country. Over the course of President Donald Trump’s second term, masked…
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Interested in more coverage?
Visit our new "Immigration Enforcement" trend page for updates across the states.
www.newsfromthestates.com/rising-trend...
Visit our new "Immigration Enforcement" trend page for updates across the states.
www.newsfromthestates.com/rising-trend...
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A federal judge in Maryland Tuesday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Trump administration lacks plans to remove him from the United States. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports.
Federal judge rules ICE can’t take Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into custody • Tennessee Lookout
A federal judge in Maryland Tuesday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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February 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A federal judge in Maryland Tuesday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Trump administration lacks plans to remove him from the United States. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports.
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Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84.
The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family.
The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family.
A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon • Tennessee Lookout
Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84.
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February 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84.
The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family.
The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family.
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ICYMI: What to know about West Tennessee's Ford BlueOval City,which has pivoted from planned manufacturing of electric trucks to the making of conventional gas-powered ones. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.
Ford changed direction on plans for its West Tennessee plant. What happens now? • Tennessee Lookout
Plans for Ford Motor Company’s massive West Tennessee campus have changed significantly since the automaker announced its $5.6 billion investment in a manufacturing hub meant to produce next-generatio...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICYMI: What to know about West Tennessee's Ford BlueOval City,which has pivoted from planned manufacturing of electric trucks to the making of conventional gas-powered ones. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.
Interstellar. It was long and depressing and I left vibrating with irritation at the waste of my time.
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Interstellar. It was long and depressing and I left vibrating with irritation at the waste of my time.
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Commentary from John Cole's Tennessee: The one commandment. A bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in Tennessee schools is advancing in the state legislature.
February 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Commentary from John Cole's Tennessee: The one commandment. A bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in Tennessee schools is advancing in the state legislature.
During Tuesday's Wilson County Commission meeting, Mayor Randall Hutto said he was contacted early last week about the possibility of an ICE facility. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports hundreds of residents packed the meeting to express concerns about a potential detention center.
Hundreds pack Wilson County meeting to speak out against ICE detention facility • Tennessee Lookout
Hundreds turned out to the Wilson County Commission meeting Tuesday to speak against the prospect of an immigration detention center.
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February 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
During Tuesday's Wilson County Commission meeting, Mayor Randall Hutto said he was contacted early last week about the possibility of an ICE facility. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports hundreds of residents packed the meeting to express concerns about a potential detention center.
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Republican lawmakers moved legislation Tuesday that could punish local governments for not enforcing federal immigration law and require schools to make a head count of students without legal documentation -- with one state representative calling another out for "BS."
Tennessee House panels expedite immigration bills • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Republican lawmakers moved bills to punish local governments for not enforcing federal immigration law.
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February 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Republican lawmakers moved legislation Tuesday that could punish local governments for not enforcing federal immigration law and require schools to make a head count of students without legal documentation -- with one state representative calling another out for "BS."
"The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
The emergency session came after the county executive learned the U.S. General Services Administration leased an office space in the county."
The emergency session came after the county executive learned the U.S. General Services Administration leased an office space in the county."
Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
www.wbaltv.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
"The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
The emergency session came after the county executive learned the U.S. General Services Administration leased an office space in the county."
The emergency session came after the county executive learned the U.S. General Services Administration leased an office space in the county."
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Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
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Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
wbaltv.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
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Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana
Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/17/i... @tennesseelookout.com @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not purchased a detention facility in Lebanon, a spokesperson said Tuesday, reversing course.
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February 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/17/i... @tennesseelookout.com @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
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Absolutely packed Wilson Co Commission mtg as residents turn out to speak against prospect of ICE detention center. ICE today walked back statement they had purchased a facility in Lebanon.
February 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Absolutely packed Wilson Co Commission mtg as residents turn out to speak against prospect of ICE detention center. ICE today walked back statement they had purchased a facility in Lebanon.
Man, I love old school cops reporters. At lunch talking about a double suicide by stabbing, blood spatter, and nobody misses a bite of sandwich.
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Man, I love old school cops reporters. At lunch talking about a double suicide by stabbing, blood spatter, and nobody misses a bite of sandwich.
The latest on Lebanon: after confirming last week it had purchased a building in Wilson County for detention of immigrants, ICE said on Tuesday evening it hadn't bought a building and the statement saying so didn't have proper approval.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not purchased a detention facility in Lebanon, a spokesperson said Tuesday, reversing course.
tennesseelookout.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The latest on Lebanon: after confirming last week it had purchased a building in Wilson County for detention of immigrants, ICE said on Tuesday evening it hadn't bought a building and the statement saying so didn't have proper approval.
