Marianna Bakayau
speaker
57 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 27 Aug
Marianna Bakayau’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The ACLU, NAACP and other voting rights groups contend that splitting Memphis into three districts dilutes the majority black city's voting power.
Republican lawmakers redrew the state's congressional map in May, heeding a call from President Trump to create more GOP-friendly districts ahead of the midterm elections.
Tennessee Republicans say the change was about politics, not race.
Trump has endorsed a state senator in the GOP race to flip Memphis' former congressional district red.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bakayau in Nashville.
A DEA agent with the task force fatally shot a 47-year-old man last week, just days after a Tennessee guardsman fatally shot a 20-year-old.
These shootings, along with three others, are still under investigation by the state.
Memphis District Attorney Stephen Mulroy points to the way officers are trained for the task force.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bacayau in Nashville.
The NAACP has filed an emergency petition against Tennessee's new maps, arguing that the state didn't have the authority to strike down a 50-year-old law that barred mid-decade redistricting.
The new congressional maps split Memphis, the state's only majority Black voting bloc, into three different districts.
Protesters from the state's blue cities argue that this will take away the voice of voters who support Democrats, roughly a third of the state's population.
Republicans say that the new maps will reflect the state's overall conservative bent and maintain that redistricting along party lines is legal.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bakayau in Nashville.
It's Tennessee's political, not literal, climate that has some people staying in their homes even as the overnight lows continue to dip below freezing.
Lisa Sherman Luna with the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition says many people without legal status have avoided calling 911 or taking advantage of warming shelters in the cold out of fear of being deported.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bakayau in Nashville.
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