It turns out that handing over taxpayer dollars to billionaire owners tends to be far less popular among regular citizens than among well-connected government officials.
Country musician Linda Martell at her home in South Carolina in 2021.
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Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
Nashville is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and increasingly a destination for immigrants.
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The US economy relies on immigrants to fill jobs, but many of them are struggling with high rent burdens that make it harder to build productive lives and integrate into their communities.
Willie Nelson’s face is as iconic as his voice, his songs and his beat-up old guitar.
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Willie Nelson is an icon who rose to the top of an industry by challenging it – showing that you can be a counterculture figure and activist while remaining as American as apple pie.
Gun control activists rally in Nashville, Tenn.
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Analysis of the 10 years in which the US banned sales of assault weapons shows that it correlates with a drop in mass shooting deaths – a trend that reversed as soon as the ban expired.
Airbnb is a growing threat to the major hotel chains.
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