Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Sarah Hunter Simanson https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/700 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 Opinion: Dear City of Memphis, Please text me if there’s a shooter at large https://dailymemphian.com/article/36004 <p>&ldquo;The City of Memphis should utilize the same tools that its colleges and universities and schools do when an imminent threat exists.&rdquo;</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/36004 Mon, 8 May 2023 04:00:14 -0500 Opinion: Like the Tennessee Three, it's time to speak up for gun reform https://dailymemphian.com/article/35356 <p>&ldquo;While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won&rsquo;t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.&rdquo;</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/35356 Fri, 7 Apr 2023 11:19:53 -0500 Opinion: MLGW must communicate better https://dailymemphian.com/article/33183 <p>&ldquo;Infrastructure issues in Memphis are a big, expensive problem. However, even though it&rsquo;s just a band-aid, developing a more effective communication system is a small step that MLGW can take to ensure customers are informed and safe.&rdquo;</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Opinion Guest Columnists Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/33183 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 04:00:10 -0600 Opinion: Abortion should get you to the polls (and if I was a man, maybe you’d listen) https://dailymemphian.com/article/32003 <p>&ldquo;Girls and women in Tennessee need their fathers and husbands and brothers and sons to step up and vote to end the government&rsquo;s regulation of women&rsquo;s bodies.&rdquo;</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/32003 Thu, 3 Nov 2022 08:32:51 -0500 Opinion: Rape kit backlog is not just a Memphis problem https://dailymemphian.com/article/31290 <p>The handling of Alicia Franklin&rsquo;s rape kit and Eliza Fletcher&rsquo;s death should not be framed as another example of Memphis&rsquo; high crime rates or counted as failings unique to the Memphis Police Department, says guest columnist Sarah Hunter Simanson.</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Front Page Opinion https://dailymemphian.com/article/31290 Sun, 2 Oct 2022 04:00:01 -0500 Opinion: Women should be able to run at 4:20 a.m. — but it’s complicated https://dailymemphian.com/article/30880 <p>&ldquo;Women should be able to run &mdash; to exist in any space at any time &mdash; without fear of violence. But that isn&rsquo;t the reality we live in,&rdquo; says guest columnist Sarah Hunter Simanson.</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Opinion Guest Columnists Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/30880 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:00:09 -0500 Opinion: Tennessee's near-total abortion ban will impact Shelby County disproportionately https://dailymemphian.com/article/30564 <p>We must fight for abortion rights, especially for legal exemptions for medical complications as well as pregnancies caused rape and incest, and impregnated children.</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Sarah Hunter Simanson) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/30564 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:19:22 -0500