Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Michael J. LaRosa https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/229 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Guest Column: The story of how one family made Memphis home https://dailymemphian.com/article/37227 <p>More than 40 years ago, Doan and Mylinh Dinh fled Vietnam and established a new family here in Memphis &mdash; a city that gave them not just a chance for survival but the opportunity to thrive.</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/37227 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:00:15 -0500 Opinion: Seeking refuge in America – and Memphis https://dailymemphian.com/article/35499 <p>&ldquo;Because of the sanitation workers&rsquo; strike and the tragic killing of Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years ago, Memphis has become a welcoming place for refugees and people fleeing unimaginable horrors back home.&rdquo;</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/35499 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:46:16 -0500 Opinion: Who counts in America? https://dailymemphian.com/article/15737 <p>Leaving undocumented people out of the census mirrors a more subtle indifference to the Latinx community here in Memphis. Recent reporting shows Hispanics are contracting 28% of all COVID-19 cases in Shelby County, while comprising only 10% of residents.&nbsp;</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/15737 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:01:40 -0500 Our pandemic workforce relies on immigrants https://dailymemphian.com/article/13351 <p>Many of the heroes who are attending to the sick and dying in our hospitals are immigrants: 25% of physicians in the United States are foreign-born, and 1.5 million immigrants are employed as doctors, nurses and pharmacists.&nbsp;</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/13351 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:00:08 -0500 Indigence among us https://dailymemphian.com/article/10439 <p>Cutting poverty and increasing the financial security of all Americans ought to be a political objective, if not obsession.</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/10439 Mon, 3 Feb 2020 10:24:16 -0600 Ronald Reagan wouldn't recognize this Republican Party https://dailymemphian.com/article/6774 <p>In Tennessee, more than 70,000 citizen children live with an undocumented family member. If a large-scale immigration raid occurred in our neighborhoods, it would have ramifications among the nearly 14,000 Latino/Latina children attending Shelby County Schools.&nbsp;</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/6774 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 04:00:05 -0500 Partial judges among us https://dailymemphian.com/article/4891 About 100 years ago, two murders in South Braintree, Massachusetts, captivated our nation and the world. Two Italian immigrants &ndash; Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti &ndash; were accused, convicted of the crimes and executed in a Massachusetts electric chair in 1927. Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/4891 Tue, 7 May 2019 12:12:47 -0500 Immigration: 'The best problem' https://dailymemphian.com/article/4149 <p>In Memphis, new immigrants make up just over 5 percent of the metro population, but account for 9 percent of the area's business owners.</p> Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/4149 Mon, 1 Apr 2019 04:00:00 -0500