“We need to do something now to protect both inmates and employees.”

“Even though we were in those same places at the same time, we were not the same. My public pool was in the Fairgrounds; Howard’s was in Orange Mound. At Katz, he’d have his water fountain, and I’d have mine.”

Memphis Pom is 50! Time flies when you’re having fun. So how is the group going to celebrate? With a reunion dance at Friday’s game, of course.

“What we saw was inspiring — and it should serve as a roadmap for what’s possible here in Memphis, regardless if that’s through our local board of education or through state intervention.”

“This Coffee Dance we’re all doing with the way we make our morning joe is the way we wake up, it’s the way we ease into the day. Each of us is quietly declaring our own preferences over and over again, every single time the Earth goes round.”

“The lack of Black doctors is not due to a lack of talent or drive. It’s a consequence of long-standing inequities that continue to shape who gets to wear the white coat.”

Will Hoops for St. Jude be back? How does Shadyac want his tenure as CEO of ALSAC to be remembered? Some parting thoughts as Shadyac steps down after 16 years.

Ja Morant’s last shot missed, costing the Grizzlies the game against New York. But he had 25 points and seven assists in this one. It was 29 and eight against Phoenix. It was 21 and 10 in a close loss to Cleveland. And 23 and five in the win at Orlando.

“By reducing the number of aggravated assaults, we can make a real dent in the number of victims of violent crime and reduce our violent crime rate even more.”

No core principles would be abandoned. In fact, those four would become the most important members of Congress, and their tiny caucus the most impactful in the entire body.

Opinion: The need for access to health care services is clearly expanding and layers of red tape preventing facilities from opening only harm the state’s ability to meet that need.

The Clarksdale Press Register garnered national attention recently after a judge ordered the paper to take down an editorial critical of Clarksdale’s elected officials.

Kelli Collins was just 16 when she gave her baby up for adoption. Three months later, she died in a car crash. This is the story of how that baby found his way back to Memphis.

“These people have no idea I’m writing about them. But they are using what they have in time, money, energy and ideas to bless the rest of us.”

“Science is essential to understanding how things work, but science will never explain why things matter to the human heart.”

“Numbers are cold, numbers don’t bleed. Numbers don’t silently cry in a waiting room or crumble to the floor when the news arrives. Numbers don’t comfort or explain or justify when a child dies.”

Donald J. Reilly was the most decorated Marine in Vietnam when he was killed in 1965. After nearly six decades, he is finally getting the send-off he deserves — at Arlington National Cemetery. 

“There will be much to unsettle us in the days to come. Clandestine raids on small businesses in our community. Vulnerable neighbors who become prisoners in their own home.”

“Holding God’s transcendence and his immanence in view at the same time will not make me perfect, but it will change how I handle my own wrongdoing, as well as how I love God and others...”

“I have come to conclude is that school voucher programs nationwide are not necessary and create far more problems than they solve.”

Even as national trends indicate a decline in volunteerism, Memphis continues to foster a strong culture of civic engagement.

Dan Conaway writes, “We’ve been chosen as the test market for a new men’s cologne just in time for Valentine’s Day: Elon Musk.”

“One viable option is to merge the proposed Regional One Medical Center with Methodist University Hospital, to form a single, well-resourced University Medical Center.”

In this first installment of the Mid-Season Mailbag, Herrington takes questions on the trade deadline, the post-deadline Western Conference landscape and the team’s core stars. 

“It’s the responsibility of administrators, teachers, parents and elected officials like myself to ensure children in Shelby County are receiving the high-quality education they deserve.”