Research Cited in “Activists And Lawmakers Push To Restore Felony Voting Rights In Tennessee” (WPLN)
Data and findings from the State of Our State: Voting Restoration brief covered in WPLN (July 17, 2019). Read the full story here.
Podcast Interview about “A look at a landmark Supreme Court case with Tennessee ties and gerrymandering” (Grand Divisions Podcast)
Shanna Hughey speaks to the Grand Divisions Podcast about Baker v. Carr, the landmark 1962 case that led to a “reapportionment revolution” while ensuring minorities had equal [...]
Research Cited in “Supreme Court lets states continue gerrymandering unchecked” (Daily Memphian)
Data and findings from the State of Our State: Redistricting brief used by The Daily Memphian to explore how changes in the process Tennessee uses to draw federal and state legislative districts [...]
Quoted in “Tennessee Democrats criticize, Republicans praise Supreme Court ruling allowing partisan gerrymandering” (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Shanna Singh Hughey quoted on recent Supreme Court ruling’s impact on the redistricting process in the Chattanooga Times Free Press (June 27, 2019). Read the full story here
Op-Ed “More women in the workforce will keep Tennessee’s economy growing” (The Tennessean)
Shanna Singh Hughey and Elizabeth Gedmark’s co-authored opinion piece, More women in the workforce will keep Tennessee’s economy growing, in The Tennessean (May 17, 2019). Read the [...]
Research Cited in “State report shows women-led households experience poverty at higher rates” (WBIR)
Data and findings from Think Tennessee and A Better Balance’s joint policy brief, State of Our State: Women in the Workforce, used by WBIR to investigate economic conditions for Tennessee [...]
Research Cited in “Tennessee women face hurdles to economic security, new study says” (The Tennessean)
Data and findings from ThinkTennessee and A Better Balance’s joint policy brief, State of Our State: Women in the Workforce, covered by The Tennessean (May 14, 2019). Read the full story here.
ThinkTN in the News: Don’t do it, Tennessee: Voter registration proposal a step back for civil rights.
The Tennessean (April, 24, 2019) — Tennessee leaders must do everything they can to encourage more, not less voter participation. A bill that punishes voter registration drives could [...]
ThinkTN in the News: Groups, Republican lawmakers seek to restore voting rights for Tennesseans with felony convictions
The Chattanooga Times Free Press (Feb. 14, 2019) — In a state where an estimated 323,354 felons have completed their criminal sentences, two Republican lawmakers and a coalition of groups [...]
ThinkTN in the News: Tennessee Republicans, ACLU join forces to help more felons regain right to vote
The Tennessean (Feb. 14, 2019) — Two Republican lawmakers, with the backing of the American Civil Liberties Union, are setting out to make it simpler for people with felony convictions to [...]
