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  • fifth anniversary Opinion

    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
  • Opinion

    Echols: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’

    “How many of our systemic problems could be impacted — not solved, mind you, just lightly impacted — if we connected a little better with those who live close by?”

    By Candace Echols September 17, 2023
  • fifth anniversary Opinion

    Andy Cates to The Daily Memphian supporters: ‘You’ve made this possible’

    “I’m very proud of what we’ve built over the past five years. With your help, I’m confident we’ll scale even greater heights in the next five.”

    By Andy Cates September 23, 2023
  • fifth anniversary Opinion

    Eric Barnes: After five years, let’s take a moment to celebrate.

    “The Daily Memphian is a reflection of everyone who participates in this endeavor. So thanks to all of you.”

    By Eric Barnes October 09, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Crime is a symptom, not a sickness

    Focusing on crime won’t solve the problem, it is simply putting Band-Aids on bullet holes. Crime is just a symptom of much deeper, systemic issues that create inequitable outcomes and a lack of hope.

    By Jared Barnett September 15, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The Tasteful List 2023

    Amazingly, my physician not only doesn’t condemn the list or even remain neutral. We actually fondly discuss several things on the list in the examining room — the place where the net result of the list is most evident.

    By Dan Conaway September 15, 2023
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Wes Smith’s murder was random and cruel. The family’s response? It’s love.

    Wes Smith was murdered in an act of random cruelty. He’ll be buried in Memphis Saturday. The family’s response is to celebrate the remarkable life their son led — and to shower his friends and community with love. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 18, 2023
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: It’s up to city voters, including younger ones, to boost election turnout

    “Memphis is at a critical juncture. We cannot afford to continue the stagnation. We cannot continue allowing crime, poverty and low educational achievement to define this city.”

    By Otis Sanford September 14, 2023
  • Premium Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Despite controversy, Tom Lee Park bringing people together

    The scene at the center of Tom Lee Park this first week has felt like different types of Memphians — different ages and races, but even more so people from different neighborhoods and economic status — sharing free, open space, in a way that’s too rare. 

    By Chris Herrington September 13, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Remembering the mothers hurt by ‘our violent culture’

    “Each murder victim leaves behind seven to 10 family members, not to mention friends and other loved ones, all of whom become co-victims.”

    By Erin Harris September 10, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: ‘Our problems do not mean we are ... without hope’

    “How do we describe our emotional response to the constant barrage that shapes so many days in Memphis? Weariness, that feeling that asks how we can keep enduring more of the same brokenness?”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse September 10, 2023
  • Opinion

    Echols: ‘This past year has been a test for my faith’

    “How do I write openly about the God I worship even as I do not understand why he is allowing such painful things to take place in our city?”

    By Candace Echols September 10, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Mr. Mayor, before you become Mr. again, don’t leave us in shame

    Fair or not, the next few weeks are critical to Mayor Jim Strickland’s legacy and will leave an ugly mark or deliver a bright promise.

    By Dan Conaway September 08, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: A call to ‘pause and reflect’ on the 50th anniversary of busing, 10th of school merger

    “As we mark the 10th anniversary of the monumental merger between Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools – regarded as one of the largest mergers in public school history – it’s essential to pause and assess the effects of the Transition Planning Commission’s recommendations and subsequent policies.”

    By Roderick Richmond September 06, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Environmental court seeks a ‘renewed commitment to community vitality’

    “Let’s all step up and take action. Let’s become resolute in our commitment to address and solve blight issues, to work collaboratively towards solutions.”

    By Patrick Dandridge September 06, 2023
  • Premium Opinion

    Bailey: Did you think I would miss eulogizing Jimmy Buffett?

    Jimmy Buffett provided the Bailey Family with a lifetime of escape, advice and entertainment on long trips to Florida as generations of the family grew up as Parrotheads.

    By Clay Bailey September 06, 2023
  • Opinion

    Opinion: In the mayor’s race, the candidates have been ‘silent’ on TVA

    “We should ask who is willing to stand-up to TVA’s neglect, disrespect and disregard for our health and our community economic welfare. And who is interested in trying to save our citizens half a billion dollars a year in power costs.”

    By Herman Morris Jr. September 05, 2023
  • Opinion

    Opinion: A change of heart is needed to improve Black men’s health outcomes

    “We must collectively view Black men’s humanity and lived experiences beyond statistics, something that will require a change of heart beyond any medical intervention.”

    By Patrick Hendricks September 05, 2023
  • Opinion

    Echols: Celebrating the ‘verbal waltz’ of Mississippians

    “Not all Mississippians have gotten it right throughout history, and that’s easy to see. But what we can learn from the natives who speak rightly is how to convey difficult ideas with gentleness.”

    By Candace Echols September 03, 2023
  • Premium Opinion

    Calkins: Tom Lee Park is now officially open — and it’s spectacular

    Nearly every good thing in Memphis has had to overcome fierce opposition. See Shelby Farms and the Grizz. So it’s no surprise that change didn’t come easy for the new Tom Lee Park. But the new place looks spectacular.

    By Geoff Calkins September 05, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Access to a good education ‘draws a sharp line’

    “Every child in the county deserves a shot at life. To think otherwise conflicts with the values of a democratic society that says every human being has inherent dignity.”

    By Letters to the Editor September 02, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: The police officers who ‘too often go underappreciated’

    A Midtown resident says thank you to Memphis Police Department officers.

    By Letters to the Editor September 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: ‘There is never just one victim of a murder’

    “My mother’s murder remains unsolved. This is true for half of all homicides. The anguish from the ambiguity of this often feels impossible to live with.”

    By Erin Harris September 05, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: A 901 birth, a 901 death, a 901 legacy

    We were very proud of the baby that came out of that room, out of a whole lot of rooms and minds and hearts, a whole city’s baby.

    By Dan Conaway September 01, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: New school funding formula is progress in putting students first

    “A question remains: Are all Tennessee public school students getting the resources they need not just to make up for the impacts of the pandemic, but to get an education that will prepare them for a successful life?”

    By Alison Heape Johnson August 31, 2023

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