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  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Don’t play a game in Nashville. Don’t give Nashville a dime.

    Nashville — home to neither team — will benefit as much as either Memphis or Louisville. Who thought this was a good idea?

    By Dan Conaway June 13, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Mayor Young on xAI — ‘I’m choosing Memphis, not fear, not politics’

    Mayor Young says the xAI project “isn’t a debate between the environment and economics. It’s about putting people before politics. It’s about building something better for communities that have waited far too long for real investment.”

    By Paul Young June 12, 2025
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    Herrington: With Edey out, which centers could the Grizzlies target?

    Zach Edey has undergone ankle surgery. Which NBA big men might the Memphis Grizzlies consider acquiring this summer?

    By Chris Herrington June 11, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Hope House is a Memphis success story. Why are its leaders so worried now?

    When you hear about the country’s “social safety net,” this is it: Hope House. Multiplied by thousands of small, committed organizations in cities across America. Federal funding cuts have Hope House’s leaders worried about Memphis.

    By Geoff Calkins June 11, 2025
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    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram

    Plus, Chris Herrington ranks the Wes Anderson films he’s seen.

    By Chris Herrington June 11, 2025
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    Opinion: Diversity isn’t a threat, it’s a blessing

    Yes, I’m keenly aware that these words — diversity, equity and inclusion — can spark controversy and even anger from some, especially those now in political power. But when we strip them down to their meaning, they are about something much older than politics: the common good.

    By G. Scott Morris June 10, 2025
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    Calkins: Why Santi Aldama asked a local kid to sing ‘Feliz Navidad.’ (It was for a good cause.)

    Henry Douglas, age 8, decided to sing songs to generate contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. So who should make a request? Santi Aldama, from Spain. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 10, 2025
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    Herrington: Zach Edey injury adds to already challenging Grizzlies summer

    The Memphis Grizzlies now find themselves in the familiar but unwelcome territory of having injury concerns with both their starting and backup centers. But Zach Edey’s injury raises larger concerns. 

    By Chris Herrington June 09, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Assault by packaging is open and shut case

    “The top of the medicine packet didn’t give, but the edge julienned his fingers like Julia Childs over a pair of carrots.”

    By Dan Conaway June 06, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis has a crime crisis, and we welcome federal help

    “Public safety is not a partisan issue — everyone deserves to feel safe in their community.”

    By John Gillespie June 07, 2025
  • Opinion

    Morris: Be a friend

    “We often say loneliness is a public health crisis, and it is. I see it daily. People come to Church Health for physical ailments, but many times what they are really suffering from is isolation.”

    By G. Scott Morris June 01, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: Stop praying for peace and start investing in it

    In this opinion piece, Memphis faith leaders call on city and county officials to fund community safety and well-being with a moral budget. 

    By Brother Nabil Bayakly, Rev. Tony Coleman, Rev. Fred C. Morton, Rev. Gordon Myers June 01, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The man behind it all, out loud and clear, and all ours in Memphis

    “Civil rights remain a movement, and that movement is more at risk now than any time in a generation. Diversity and inclusion have been declared illegal.”

    By Dan Conaway May 30, 2025
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: City’s violent crime problem needs solutions — not sound bites

    “Our crime problem remains the No. 1 issue on the minds of area residents. And last week FBI Director Kash Patel added to the angst by summarily declaring Memphis ‘the homicide capital of America per capita.’”

    By Otis Sanford May 29, 2025
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Everyone loved Reggie Barnes — which is how he reshaped Memphis sports

    Archie Manning said Reggie Barnes “had a gift for bringing people together.” For the better part of five decades, Barnes — who died Monday — used that gift to promote Memphis sports. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 29, 2025
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    Calkins: Jes Shea’s van exploded — with her in it. Here’s what she’s learned.

    Jes Shea leaned down to light the cookstove in her Sprinter van. Then the world went “BOOM.” 

    By Geoff Calkins May 27, 2025
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    Martin: PJ Haggerty will regret leaving Penny Hardaway and Memphis

    “When you boil it all down: Haggerty is leaving the team that he led to the NCAA Tournament as an All-American, to go to a team that didn’t make the tournament last year, and ultimately for less money than he would’ve made if he had just committed to Penny Hardaway for another season.” 

    By John Martin May 26, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Greenstein: Memorial Day is more than a vacation day

    “All Americans owe the families of the servicemen and women who died serving our country more than lip service in gratitude, appreciation and reverence.”

    By Micah Greenstein May 25, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: ‘Now I’ve been taught to see’

    “Living this way has flung the doors wide for me to write about things like the Grammys and National Parks and PGA golf and missionaries. ... And it’s all largely because I’ve now been taught to see.”

    By Candace Echols May 25, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Our ghosts are calling this Memorial Day

    “On Dec. 2, 1943, USS LCT-242 was sunk by a circling torpedo off Naples, Italy. In a little more than a year of service, she earned two battle stars. She was a Memphis girl.”

    By Dan Conaway May 23, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: On xAI, ‘Memphians deserve honesty’

    “Air pollution doesn’t know borders. It doesn’t stop at the state line. Running dozens of polluting turbines at this location would threaten air quality for families in South Memphis as well as those in Southaven.”

    By LaTricea Adams May 22, 2025
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    Grizzlies Mailbag: Is it too late for Ja Morant to regain All-NBA form?

    Chris Herrington answers some interesting questions about the Grizzlies’ two ostensible tentpole players: Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

    By Chris Herrington May 20, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Remembering former Memphis councilman Jimmy Moore

    “Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “

    By Susan Adler Thorp May 19, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: xAI can brighten the region’s future

    “XAI is creating hundreds of jobs — from skilled trades to advanced technical roles — offering higher wages and economic stability. These jobs can lift families out of poverty, boost local businesses, fund improvements to our schools and infrastructure.”

    By Kelly Lomax May 20, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Narcisse: Hope is not faring well these days

    “I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse May 18, 2025

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