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  • Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Young’s mayoral victory signals clear generational change

    “There is no indication that younger voters went to the polls in any significant numbers. But many of those who did show up clearly favored Young.”

    By Otis Sanford October 06, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Face it, Memphis. You’re still funky.

    A sense of, “I can make it,” “I can change it,” “I can create it,” because the most ordinary of origins have sent such extra extraordinary gifts to the world from here.

    By Dan Conaway October 06, 2023
  • Grizzlies Podcast

    Grizzlies Podcast: Media Day and opening practice

    On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies Podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington recap Grizzlies Media Day.

    By Drew Hill, Chris Herrington October 05, 2023
  • Tigers Podcast

    Tigers Podcast: Discussing Boise State football win, basketball open practice, more

    Host Greg Gaston is joined by Parth Upadhyaya and Frank Bonner II to talk Tigers football and basketball on this week’s episode of The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya, Frank Bonner II October 06, 2023
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Fifteen years later, Derrick Rose is back in Memphis — as a better version of himself

    After 15 years, Derrick Rose is returning to Memphis as “a different Derrick.” But can this version rub off on Ja Morant?

    By Geoff Calkins October 02, 2023
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    Herrington: Grizzlies not quite ‘ready to go,’ but building as Morant waits

    “They told me ‘go get it,’ and that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” said Ziaire Williams. And maybe that’s a good rallying cry for his team too.

    By Chris Herrington October 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The county commission restrictions on officers should be rejected

    “Memphis will continue losing population as it has for the last three years if we do not get a handle on out-of-control crime. And our policies are moving in the wrong direction.”

    By Leigh Ann Roman October 02, 2023
  • Opinion

    Echols: ‘Our scars tell our stories’

    “When you think about it, there are an endless number of ways people write their stories on their skin.”

    By Candace Echols October 01, 2023
  • Opinion

    Morris: When money controls our lives, it is difficult to find a moral compass

    “God’s love is infinite, and a piece of infinity is infinity. If we continue to measure our lives using money as a guide, there will never be enough.”

    By G. Scott Morris October 01, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Brooks’ location: ‘the intersections of river, city and art’

    “The temporary restraining order on the Downtown site gave us an invaluable opportunity to reiterate our mission of bringing our community together,” says Carl Person, board president of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

    By Carl Person October 01, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: ‘Kudos to the early election volunteers and organizers’

    “The local Memphis volunteers made that experience not only possible but wholly positive and welcoming. As leaders themselves, they exude the life and hope there is in Memphis.”

    By Letters to the Editor September 30, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: ‘If you want my vote for mayor’

    “If you want my vote for mayor, you’d better tell me how YOU are the best suited to be the mayor for every citizen or get out of the way for someone who will.”

    By Letters to the Editor September 30, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Free us from Liberty

    “Liberty? This city was in rebellion against the United States and taken by force by the United States armed forces. Liberty? We were officially a slave city in a slave state.”

    By Dan Conaway September 29, 2023
  • Otis Sanford

    Sanford: It’s crunch time in mayor’s race. But interest is far outpacing turnout.

    “This is a crucial election. And it’s important that voters get it right. It’s also important that turnout starts to match the interest. So undecided voters, make up your mind.”

    By Otis Sanford September 28, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: When it comes to Gershun Freeman, ‘this case is different’

    “The jailers were attacked by a man having a psychotic break, defended themselves and subdued their attacker. What should they have done differently?”

    By Jack Irvine, Gray Bartlett October 27, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis should become a digital society for all

    Opinion: The City of Memphis Chief Information Officer argues for the new broadband plan, saying, “Despite its importance to every facet of our lives, too few Memphians have access to high-speed broadband.”

    By Wendy Harris September 27, 2023
  • Opinion

    Letter to the Editor: ‘Our judicial system seems stuck in the 1960s’

    “The secrecy in which the Judicial Commissioners and judges work astounds me, since they are a primary party to the crime wave destroying Memphis.”

    By Letters to the Editor September 25, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Opinion: ‘Now the deafening part. There will be no justice’

    “Elected officials have chosen to turn villains into victims and victims into villains. Victims are burdened with the cost of broken windows, impounded stolen cars, missing work, therapy and the overall thought of safety.”

    By Alex Canale September 25, 2023
  • Opinion

    Calkins: Pickleball is coming to Beale Street! And FedExForum, too.

    Yes, pickleball is coming to Beale Street. And to FedExForum after that. It’s brought to you by two Memphians who started Pickleball 901 on the theory that — as one of them put it — “pickleball’s a beast.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 27, 2023
  • Opinion

    Echols: ‘Every so often, light breaks through’

    “If you stop to look around, the walls of our world are plastered with bulb-lit-arrows all over the place. And they are all pointing to something beyond. Something grander. Something far better and far worse than what usually enters our mind as we’re ordering our combos and swiping our cards and deciding between Diet Coke or Coke Zero. “

    By Candace Echols September 24, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Greenstein: Yom Kippur’s empowering message for all

    “Sick or healthy, we can all use a little bravery and nourishment to meet the spiritual hunger of our times. Yom Kippur may be a Jewish holiday, but its message is food for the soul of us all.”

    By Micah Greenstein September 24, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Hutchinson: Beware of credit-repair offers

    If there’s an error in your credit report, you can do anything a credit repair company can do to fix it yourself at little to no cost. If you’re asked to pay an upfront fee for help, it’s likely a scam.

    By Randy Hutchinson September 23, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Five breathless days, one doctor, one nurse — a cautionary tale

    “You have pneumonia,” he said, “double viral pneumonia.”

    By Dan Conaway September 22, 2023
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: What to think about that new stadium proposal? Let’s hope the Grizzlies don’t hold a grudge.

    “The city’s proposal to fund stadium renovations is now out there for all he world to see. How should Memphians think about that? They should hope that Robert Pera and the Grizzlies don’t hold a grudge.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 18, 2023
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    Calkins: Hey, look! The Daily Memphian is 5! (But it wasn’t a piece of cake).

    “Who starts up a newspaper these days? What a preposterous thing to do. But in just five years, The Daily Memphian has become one of the things that binds this city together. That’s worth pausing to celebrate.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 21, 2023

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