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“We are focused on making our vision of bringing an academic medical center to Memphis a reality and transforming Memphis and the Mid-South into a healthier, more vibrant place to live and work.”
“Memphis women earned 82% of what their male counterparts earned. ... But by working together, we can make an impact.”
“Although there is a small historical marker in honor of Cole and Walker in Memphis, their names are not as well-known as many civil rights icons.”
“... it’s of vital importance that we, as a community, take care of our small businesses.”
“The current circumstances are pricing nearly all low-income Memphians, and an exponentially increasing number of middle-income Memphians, out of the housing market entirely,” says Amy Schaftlein of United Housing Inc.
“For most of my long life, car crashes, cancer, drowning and sudden infant death were the leading causes of death for kids – not guns.”
“Seeing me struggle, my friend Dave took the pack off my back and began carrying it for me. It was a humbling experience, one that made me think deeply about the virtue of humility.”
“A few years back, Jem Cohen, who co-owns Fond Object shop, indulged me when I asked him to play an interesting-looking record that caught my eye in one of his bins.”
When teens learn to deal positively with the challenges of social media, they build emotional awareness and intelligence and become more resilient.
Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”
In addition to continuing creating jobs for Memphians, what can Memphis business leaders do to help so that everyone feels safer in their communities?
“I know we all stand and cheer for Rabbi Charlie and his courage. But unless we stand up and shout down every unkind word directed toward Jews when we first hear it, we let the next act of violence on Jews begin to take root.”
In an initiative called Operation CBDeceit, the FTC reached settlements with seven more companies it alleged were making unsubstantiated claims about their CBD products.
Historically, it is music that has always been there for us in times of crisis.
The fundraising companies kept as much as 90 cents of every dollar raised and, according to the FTC, very little of the money they actually delivered to the charities was used for the purposes they claimed.
While I agreed with results stated in the article, I felt it was misleading and it ignored the real reason for the MLGW DOXO ranking. Moreover, it grants undue credit to TVA, our wholesale electricity provider, when exactly the opposite is true.
While we have a small segment of our population wreaking havoc across the city, the “stand-up” citizens argue with each other about what to do and who’s to blame.
If leaders would listen to our youth, they would explain in depth why an allocation of resources should be shifted away from policing and into counseling.
“To deploy truly lifesaving public health care in this pandemic requires a spirit of self-government primarily motivated by love of neighbor and a sense of personal responsibility.”
I expected our team to come back refreshed and ready to meet new challenges. But our post-sabbatical survey told us that this time had an even deeper impact.
In our infectious disease practice, one COVID death every few days is now common. Yes, these deaths could have been prevented by vaccination, but they could also have been prevented through masking.
Now more than ever, America is a country of choice. The efforts to persuade and coerce citizens into taking the vaccine just do not sit well with me.
The Rev. James Lawson, who invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis 51 years ago, will speak at Memphis Cares 2 on April 7 at Crump Stadium. The event recalls the first Memphis Cares, held three days after King's assassination.
One study showed that 53 percent of jobseekers agreed that a lack of on-the-job training contributed to a skills gap among employees.
Lt. Richard 'Tito' Lannom’s remains were recovered on a rocky island off the coast of North Vietnam, through a joint project of Americans and Vietnamese, in which both sides try to heal wounds from the war that ended in 1975.
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