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    Guest Column: Life-saving chemotherapy drugs are in short supply

    “This shortage is causing oncologists to make difficult decisions. Treatments are being skipped and delayed, doses are being reduced, treatments plans are being changed, and sequences of usual treatment are being altered.”

    By Dr. Sylvia Richey May 28, 2023
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    Hutchinson: Think carefully before cosigning a loan

    Cosigning for a child with no credit record to buy a first car may be a good decision; cosigning a credit card for a delinquent brother-in-law not so much.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 27, 2023
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    Guest Column: Find ways to support foster parenting and DCS

    “Shelby County has plenty of stable, capable, caring adults with safe homes whose service to our community could make a big impact for a child, a family, or even the system as a whole.”

    By Haley Vincent May 27, 2023
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    Guest Column: Tennessee Career Academy offers path for future of schooling

    “We are living in a time of an identity crisis for K-12 and higher education. The laser-focus on college preparation for all students in K-12 education, regardless of their interests or skills, led to mismatched priorities, frustrated families, and uninterested graduates.”

    By John Barker, Meah King May 27, 2023
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    Opinion: Has Amazon encroached on the Adopt-A-School Program?

    “With business giant Amazon adopting 20 schools in Memphis I am concerned that Amazon has encroached on Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ long-established Adopt-A-School program.”

    By Caroline West May 27, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: From King to Kent State, change burns in a nation under fire

    “With that tragic event came an understanding that we have the unique responsibility to reject everything that pulled that trigger, the national events and mindsets that were behind that bullet then and now.”

    By Dan Conaway May 26, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Fighting back against a ‘crime-induced public health crisis’

    “Voter sentiment about our city’s crippling crime epidemic transcends socioeconomic, gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Actual voters want violent, repeat offenders off the streets, legally. They want the bail ‘loopholes’ closed for these offenders who should be held in jail and timely prosecuted.”

    By Chance Carlisle May 25, 2023
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: The court battle is over, but more pressing residency issues in mayor’s race remain

    “Whether the residency issue continues to dog Van Turner and Floyd Bonner Jr. in the court of public opinion remains to be seen. But both have legitimate responses about their time living outside the city.”

    By Otis Sanford May 25, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis City Council did not back down on gun reform

    “We must continue to let our state representatives know how their gun laws have completely upended our city and that we demand Tennessee’s urban cities be given the authority to impose their own firearm laws. It won’t be a quick or easy road.”

    By Dr. Jeff Warren May 24, 2023
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: As Memphis awaits Morant news, some playoff lessons

    Every NBA team must find its way. These are models that fit the Grizzlies: be patient with a strong core and coach but be restless and aggressive at finding the supporting pieces to elevate them.

    By Chris Herrington May 23, 2023
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    Bailey: Arlington school board members are considering a raise — if you hadn’t heard

    “Under the proposed budget, each of the board members’ annual financial compensation could move from the current $6,495 to $12,000 a year. And that current amount already is more than any other suburban district.”

    By Clay Bailey May 23, 2023
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Now running for mayor of Memphis. The Rock?

    How about Justin Timberlake? Leslie Jones? William, Prince of Wales? No connection to Memphis is too tenuous to be mayor. Who would you choose?

    By Geoff Calkins May 22, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: ‘Understanding our longstanding poverty and unemployment problems’

    “We need to use research, data, analysis and experiences to understand the challenges and design evidence-based solutions. Only then can we expect to see meaningful improvements and a Memphis that works for everyone.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023
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    Letter to the Editor: Bail reform will work only if the process is transparent

    “Everyone wants the same thing — a just process for the accused and a safe city. But the truth is the public does not know if judges are being too lenient or even who they are. We need a centralized source of data where everyone can access the same information.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: ‘Instead of giving up on our citizens, we need to support them’

    “Instead of simply punishing those who commit crimes, we need to fix the underlying systemic issues that lead our children into this life to begin with. And instead of rejecting the decisions and voices of our electorate, Nashville needs to listen to us.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Memphis City Council — gutless against gunfire

    “Instead of dealing with a deadly situation now — deadlier by the day — the council pushed a decision on the ordinances to a referendum in August of 2024 — more than a year from now.”

    By Dan Conaway May 21, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: For a safer Memphis, bail reform is the right solution

    “Loud and powerful opponents of progress, such as Mayor Jim Strickland, have wrongly claimed that Shelby County’s pretrial policies undermine public safety. There is no data behind his claims.”

    By Josh Spickler, Insha Rahman May 18, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Mark White: ‘The disease of undisciplined youth’

    “With drag racing, carjackings, car thefts, armed robberies — some resulting in death of victims — murders, etc., being reported every day in our city, we are well past the time of ‘we need to rehabilitate our youth.’”

    By Mark White May 18, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Bail reform is not causing more crime

    “Blaming ‘bail reform’ is a political talking point — a red herring — that does nothing to address the problem. We can do better.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 17, 2023
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Four thoughts on the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant problem

    Chris Herrington sounds off on Ja Morant’s most recent troubles.

    By Chris Herrington May 16, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Bail reform is a disaster, needs to be reversed

    “The DA and our county commissioners need to stand up for the law-abiding people of Memphis and do whatever it takes to reverse this disastrous bail-reform policy.”

    By Leigh Ann Roman May 16, 2023
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Sorry Cincinnati, Memphis barbecue spaghetti deserves your spotlight

    Could it be that middle-of-the-country cousins — Cincinnati chili and Memphis barbecue spaghetti — are, respectively, the most overrated and most underrated dishes of American regional cuisine?

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: ‘People crave cities. They crave community.’

    “Our shared future can only be created in community. And to do that, we’ll need to use the most efficient and productive platform humanity has yet devised: a bustling, busy, connected urban center.”

    By Stuart Harris May 13, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The City of Memphis must get serious about affordable housing

    “The City of Memphis’ funding of its Affordable Housing Trust Fund has not been near enough. And it has lagged behind the funding in other peer cities.”

    By Roshun Austin May 12, 2023
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    Conaway: The chutzpah of deceit: Kelsey

    “Brian Kelsey is certainly not the only example of the moral bankruptcy of so much of our society; he’s just a ready and easy pick of low-hanging rotten fruit.”

    By Dan Conaway May 12, 2023

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