Memphians mobilizing to help India fight COVID
Members of the Indian immigrant community send planeload of oxygen concentrators, other aid to help pandemic-plagued nation.
David Waters
Investigative reporter
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
There are 125 articles by David Waters :
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May 2021
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City of Memphis Journalist drops lawsuit against city
City releases bodycam footage, requires MPD to refer all excessive force cases to district attorney.
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Special Report
EducationThe Politics of Phonics: Phonics fundamentalists and balanced literacy true believers
Most educators agree reading instruction in the earliest grades should include phonics, but that’s where the disagreements begin.
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June 2021
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Metro Teachers at Grizz Prep, surrounded by history, pledge to ‘teach truth’ about race
Social studies teachers question, challenge new state law that restricts instruction on race, racism.
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Metro Did House Bill 580 negate critical race theory or prove it?
Here’s how a handful of white legislators changed how Black history is taught in Tennessee.
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Teachers at Grizz Prep, surrounded by history, pledge to ‘teach truth' about race
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August 2021
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Education How child care centers reveal pre-K’s future
Early childhood education advocates say access to high-quality child care is the next goal for more than 40,000 children under age 4.
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What the SCS/Porter-Leath split means for the future of pre-K in Memphis
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Education What the SCS/Porter-Leath split means for pre-K
Failed contract negotiations add to Head Start’s troubled local history, but advocates say that shouldn’t overshadow impressive pre-K advances.
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How child care centers reveal pre-K’s future in Shelby County
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Metro Kidney brothers: Faith and friendship inspire life-saving gift
When an ailing Black Episcopal priest needed a kidney, his friend, a white businessman, didn’t hesitate.
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September 2021
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City of MemphisA mosque grows in North Memphis
“This is where the poor are. This is where the Prophet would be. So this is where we need to be.”
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Opinion Waters: Why I can’t part with Father V’s big Greek poster
Father Nicholas Vieron taught his Adult Greek Class every spring from 1972 to 2019. The poster, made by his former student Barbara Austin, shows the Lord’s Prayer, handwritten in Greek.
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November 2021
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Spirit of Memphis First Baptist Church makes history, installing female senior pastor
Rev. Kathryn Kimmel will lead the Midtown Memphis congregation, which first met in 1839 in a log cabin near the Mississippi River.
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Spirit of Memphis Widow, UT work to honor Shelby County’s first COVID-19 victim
On March 26, 2020, 20 days after his retirement party, Kenneth Bradshaw died. He was 64. Now a summer camp scholarship will honor his memory.
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December 2021
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Metro Husband ‘thankful’ to donate a kidney for his wife
Chip Washington wanted to give his kidney to his ailing wife, but he wasn’t a match. “What else can I do?” he asked doctors.
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Spirit of Memphis Memphis sons of immigrants, refugees win state soccer cup
Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.
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Metro The extraordinary, ordinary life of Minda Cox
Minda Cox was born in a village in India 33 years ago and adopted 22 months later by a nurse from America. She was born without legs and arms, an extremely rare birth defect known as congenital amputation.
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February 2022
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City of Memphis From Hurt Village to Uptown to where? Public housing residents forced, again, to move
For the second time in a generation, residents are on the move as MHA “converts” public housing to privately managed properties.
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North Memphis Public housing relocations rankle Uptown developer
“I built those houses,” said Henry Turley. “There’s nothing wrong with those houses that should cause the residents to have to move out.”
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March 2022
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Special Report
City of MemphisLack of indoor air standards putting schoolkids at risk
Studies show that poor indoor air quality hurts the health, academic performance, behavior and morale of students and teachers. And yet, there are no federal laws or regulations that govern indoor air quality in schools, not even in a pandemic.
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City of MemphisLocal schools use controversial technology to cleanse air
Bipolar ionization devices, manufacturers say, attack and deactivate certain bacteria, pathogens, airborne particles, and volatile organic compounds. But the CDC, EPA, an industry standards association, and even a medical journal beg to differ.
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Visual Arts Susan Sanford, civic leader and benefactor, dies at 77
The former development director for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Sanford served as president and CEO of the Mid-South Food Bank for nearly two decades.
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April 2022
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Health Care Le Bonheur’s post-trauma therapy program addresses hidden wounds
The BRAIN Center’s program at Le Bonheur now provides free mental health services to children treated for gunshot wounds, burns, car accidents and other traumatic injuries — and it could create a new standard of care for hospitals around the country.
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Metro ‘Kidney couple’ promotes living donor program
Wanda and Chip Washington are back at work four months after their paired kidney exchange.
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Spirit of Memphis From the heart: Memphis pediatric heart surgeon leads mission to Ukraine
“I know it’s crazy. I understand that. But these kids can’t wait for the war to end,” said Dr. William Novick.
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EducationNew school funding formula has legislators asking for divine guidance
Sectarian prayers at a government meeting notwithstanding, the General Assembly’s daunting task this session to allocate an additional $1 billion to education is more than a math problem.
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Part 2 of 2
EducationViews differ radically on local impact of new school funding formula
Senate and House finance committees are expected to take up the proposed Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) funding formula this week. A final vote in both legislative bodies could come soon.
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