A compromise paving the way for construction of a Lakeland high school purports to allow the citizenry to have “its cake and eat it too” so long as citizens are willing to tacitly agree to sleep on their rights that the First Amendment protects, such as the right to petition and the right to free speech.

Facebook launched a new commercial during the NBA Finals featuring regular people singing "Walking in Memphis." The overwhelming response said a lot about the way we feel about our town.

ABC News with David Muir will be following the veterans from the Memphis area throughout their eight-day experience. They will appear on Martha MacCallum's Fox News show and “CBS This Morning,” and CNN plans a mini-documentary about them.

The gift Randall Mullins and Sharon Pavelda gave to the Memphis community is a safe space to go out of the grief of racial terrorism by going through the grief of racial terrorism.

Everybody can feel like somebody when they walk into the Hub. Nobody is turned away. With no barriers or judgment, the Hub provides people with the tangible and emotional tools to navigate their next phase on this earth.

Saunders' tale is a roller coaster ride from rock bottom to dizzying height and back again, a journey that left an indelible mark on the world.

The Tennessee Department of Corrections has partnered with Persevere, a nonprofit organization based in Tennessee, to provide coding and educational resources that teach students, both in prisons and under community supervision, how to code. 

In 2019, Black Lives Matter means efforts to “end broken windows policing” and “limit use of force” by officers, among other items on the movement’s “Campaign Zero” agenda. In 1973, Black Lives Matter meant something different.

An ongoing spat involves two Memphis institutions, one legacy (Graceland), one a modern creation (Grizzlies), and both central to the city’s identity.

Randall Mullins and Sharon Pavelda founded a project to identify and memorialize lynching sites in Shelby County, and  helped create a community of supporters, from the National Park Service to the local NAACP, preachers and politicians, activists and academics.

Childhood trauma is commonplace — 52% of adults in Shelby County have had at least one adverse childhood experience, which includes such problems as abuse, neglect, domestic violence or parental suicide. Yet Shelby County Schools often lack the resources to respond to it.

It would be easier in Memphis than anywhere else on Earth to feature 200 songs in honor of our city's 200th anniversary, but this list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive – not even close!

Whataburger? A dehumidifier? An athletic director? What do you get a city for its 200th birthday?

We are closer than we think culturally. This discovery is backed by Explore Bike Share’s robust data, which shows that the most activated stations are in our public parks and shared spaces. We are closer to being the city we want to be. 

We’re about to spend $50 million to fix something that’s not really broken, and throw chump change or nothing at all at opportunities for true transformation.

In her book, legal writer Emily Bazelon tells the story about District Attorney Amy Weirich and her prosecution of Noura Jackson, whose mother was killed in their East Memphis home. Jackson was tried and convicted of second-degree murder; in 2017, her conviction was overturned.

This year, the Tennessee General Assembly approved Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to establish an independent statewide authorizer of public charter schools. The commission will ensure decisions to open or close public charter schools are made based on the specific needs of local students.

Fortunately, I’m not alone on my journey to complete a successful Ramadan. One of the best parts of this month is that it brings my family closer, whether it is by breaking our fast together, going to the mosque for night prayers or simply spending time together.

Many millennials are choosing to walk away from the church rather than continue to be isolated from the conversation, fellowship and decision-making.

Frank Sinatra spent most of his life not liking us much. The South during the early and middle years of Sinatra’s career as the preeminent vocalist of his era — the 1940s through the 1960s — was a hotbed of racial bigotry, one of the things he hated most.

The NBC series "Bluff City Law" is about fighting for civil rights in Memphis, and there’s a very real chance it will be made somewhere else.

Just City's clients report higher wages, more stable hours and healthier families because they were able to get better jobs after expungement of their records.

Every college student in Memphis should have bus access provided by their college or university – just like they get parking. Our hospital systems should encourage employees to take mass transit. Our corporations located on decent bus routes should adopt equitable policies toward bus ridership versus car ridership.

Through programs such as Share the Pennies, EnergySmart Memphis and Conservation Days, MLGW educates customers on lowering their costs, says the utility's president.  

Serving community lunch, judging a student oratorical contest, riding the bus, picking up tires – all expanded a Leadership Memphis Executive Program participant's experience.