There are 4 article(s) tagged Letters to the Editor:

• January 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Houston High students say ‘fight poverty with policy’

    “Privilege ‘is not something we deserve, or are worthy of, and it is certainly not an excuse to turn a blind eye to the vastly different circumstances that one in five Memphians live under,” letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say. 

    By Letters to the Editor January 29, 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Kustoff ‘should be expelled,’ Health Dept. responded with reason, respect

    One letter writer praised the Shelby County Health Department’s management of vaccine distribution at Lindenwood Christian Church.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 26, 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: ‘Kustoff should be expelled from Congress’

    ‘David Kustoff does not deserve to serve in the Congress for one more day,’ writes Louis R Pounders.

    By Letters to the Editor January 25, 2021

  • Restaurant workers: We need relief payments to survive

    “Many of us have already been living paycheck to paycheck, doing everything we can to make ends meet before the pandemic hit. Now, our hours are being cut due to the pandemic and we were already struggling to make rent and put food on the table.”

    By Letters to the Editor January 11, 2021