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A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Nashville’s Music City

Immigration

Nashville has been a popular destination for Kurdish refugees in the US. Today, Kurdish newcomers are trying to preserve their culture. Community centers and associations are helping new arrivals maintain a connection to their heritage while navigating life in a new country.

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.

Trump, Biden debate marked by clashes, but less chaos

2020 US presidential election
A team of researchers at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center selects lead antibody candidates for further screening.

Racing to develop a drug to fight COVID-19

COVID-19
The Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink

Environment
A voter carries a 'blue wave' poster at a rally

The US midterms ‘blue wave’ has mixed results for the environment

Politics
Ilhan Omar clasps her husband’s mother's face in her hands as she smiles

These are the women who made history in this year’s midterm elections

Women & Gender

It’s a record. After the midterm results are tallied, more than 100 members of Congress are expected to be women.

Ilhan Omar

Democrats look set for a big win in the House, but losses in the Senate

The candidates in the 2018 midterm elections were among the most diverse groups of candidates in American history. Here are the results of some races we’ve been watching.

A bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey in a store in Beijing. China imposed 25 percent tariffs on US whiskeys back in July in response to President Trump’s tariffs.

Tariffs are hurting Tennessee, but voters seem to be shrugging them off

The Tennessee Senate race is one of the most closely watched in the country. Farmers, whiskey distillers and small businesses are feeling the sting from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But is it enough to turn deep red Tennessee blue?

Certain hair products — many of which are used on black girls from birth to help straighten their hair — have been linked to such health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and breast cancer.

Study shows hair care products targeted to black community contain harmful chemicals

Health

The quest for straighter and smoother hair may be causing significant health issues, according to a new study.

Mind Field

Arts, Culture & Media

In Brownsville, Tennessee there’s an enormous monument of structural steel teetering out up of the earth. It’s called the Mind Field, and it’s the life’s work of an artist named Billy Tripp. Producer Hal Humphreys visited the site with Tripp and learned about the man who inspired it: Tripp’s father.