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Standing Tall w/ Rep. Gloria Johnson

Member of the ‘Tennessee Three’ Rep. Gloria Johnson is an educator at heart. Sometimes, that means being a teacher voice in the legislature (read: asking her republican colleagues ‘if you can hear me clap once!’ ‘if you can hear me clap twice!’), but it always means standing in the gap for all Tenn…

Brandon Puttbrese: WTF Was So Special About TN’s Special Session (Part 1)

Gloria sits down with longtime friend and colleague Brandon Puttbrese, press secretary for the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus, for a deep, wide-ranging breakdown of how Tennessee's Republican supermajority actually operates. They open with the story of Gloria's first major press moment as a leg…

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What happens when a Democratic member of Congress, the CEO of a movement built around political unity, and an independent-minded podcast host sit down to talk about PURPLE? Rep. Gloria Johnson, Adam Mizel of US-UNITED, and Bill Cancel come together for a conversation about something increasingly r…

Rachel Wells: TN’s Reproductive Healthcare Crisis

Gloria talks with independent journalist Rachel Wells, founder of TN Repro News, about what's really happening to reproductive healthcare in Tennessee: real patient stories, the crisis pregnancy centers now teaching sex education in schools, and a new state-church data-sharing initiative most Tenne…

DEAD MEN DON’T SETTLE: #LAAlliance Resurrect Deceased Plaintiff in $2.2M City Deal

LA Alliance for Human Rights claims to hold the “homeless(ness) industrial system” accountable, a mission that appeals to the majority of people in Los Angeles, (espescially readers of @roofless!) regardless of housing status. Audit The Government recently wrote about a City defense attorney’s conf…

Black Democrats Fired By Tenn. GOP Peers After Gun Protest

Tennessee House Republicans voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they led a protest on the floor of the chamber in response to a recent deadly school shooting in Nashville.Rep. Gloria Johnson, who also participated in the protest, held on to her seat by a single vote and sugge…

Dance Revolution: Positive Force Line Steppaz

In Common and Virginia Folklife join Fonseca Holman and Gloria Johnson from Positive Force Line Steppaz in Buckingham County, VA to talk about soul line dancing--which is so much more than the electric slide!This episode is part of Dance Revolution, a limited series featuring dance groups from acro…

Cornell Jane Doe Files Suit (feat. Mark Hamill)

Monday, September 28, 2026 Today, The US Supreme Court once again blocks Missouri Republicans from using their gerrymandered 2025 Congressional map; a Trump-appointed federal judge held the administration in contempt for twice deporting an asylum seeker; the White House is again blocking networks f…

DA Reopens Cornell 7 Case

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Today, the Tompkins County district attorney’s office has re-opened the criminal investigation into the Cornell 7; two babies in Pennsylvania have died from congenital measles; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to let him gut transgender care in prisons; ICE has purchase…

SHOW ME THE MEMO!

Thursday, October 1, 2026 Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has moved arguments over whether to release Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report from January to the day before the midterms; a new Federal Reserve Inspector General report shows no criminality in their renovation project; the Wis…