The Cities Issue
The Hostile Takeover of Blue Cities by Red States
GOP legislatures are increasingly imposing their economic and cultural priorities on left-leaning municipalities like Nashville.
This story is part of Businessweek’s Cities issue, a collaboration with CityLab. Read more here.
In 2018, after a pair of high-profile, deadly shootings of Black men by police officers in Nashville, the residents of Davidson County, Tennessee, which encompasses the city, voted overwhelmingly in a ballot referendum to create an independent community oversight board that would work with police to curb shootings and review cases of alleged misconduct.