I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday story.
Well, another 4 July is in the rear view.
And this year, of course, it sets the stage for one of the most contentious presidential elections in recent history.
But today, we want to turn to what's happening on the state level because that's actually where a lot of stuff gets decided, like laws about guns, abortion, what's taught in schools.
One state that was in the news a lot last year was Tennessee.
You might remember a big story about two black state lawmakers who protested at the state House and then faced expulsion.
That story kind of came and went in the national headlines.
But in Tennessee, it turns out it was just the beginning.
Things got way more interesting after that.
And one reporter, Miraba Knight with WPLN News in Nashville followed it all.
NPR's embedded podcast teamed up with Mariba on a new series called Super Majority.
And today we're going to play you the first episode.
In Tennessee, the Republican Party controls the House, the Senate, and the governorship, giving them full political power.
This new series tells the story of three conservative white mothers who pushed back against their own party after a deadly school shooting.
And a heads up.
This episode contains coarse language and discussions of gun violence.
Okay, heres Miraba.
Sarah Shoupe Newman had been avoiding crowds, so she spent much of the week hunkered down at home, an upscale red brick house tucked away in a quiet cul de sac right on the edge of Nashville.
Shed been trying to comfort her two boys, Noah, five years old, and Judah, whos two.
But her mind was all over the place.