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    Opinion: Health Department must protect from ‘invisible threat’ of EtO

    “Community members shouldn’t have to wait years for relief. Instead of making excuses and dodging questions, the Shelby County Health Department needs to act now to make the facility reduce its emissions or — if it continues to refuse — shut down completely.”

    By KeShaun Pearson April 10, 2023
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Crime will destroy our tourist industry

    A call to local government leaders: “It is time to get your heads out of the sand and recognize we have a problem. And that problem is going to kill our budding tourist industry.”

    By Letters to the Editor April 10, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: ‘And that’s Easter’

    “I’ll admit that the Easter bunny is cute and tons of fun – he swings by our house every year. The eggs are nice. The flowers are a delight. In their own ways, they all point to new life. But there is nothing that compares with celebrating what it means for humanity that Jesus walked out of that tomb.”

    By Candace Echols April 09, 2023
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    Morris: Justin Pearson spoke through the hearts of all who grieve

    “I think there is no question that Justin Pearson’s expulsion has given him a much bigger pulpit from which to preach. I now count myself as a member of his flock. What I pray for us all is that we will let compassion and love be the forces which lead us all forward.”

    By G. Scott Morris April 07, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Like the Tennessee Three, it’s time to speak up for gun reform

    “While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won’t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.”

    By Sarah Hunter Simanson April 07, 2023
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    Conaway: I could cry, but he’d have none of that

    “Dinner at his and Carol’s house, or five minutes on the phone, or two minutes in the corner of a theater lobby at intermission – be assured – you’d spit out whatever you were drinking.”

    By Dan Conaway April 10, 2023
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: With a week to go, there’s plenty of uncertainty for the Grizzlies

    On Tuesday night, the Memphis Grizzlies will play their regular season homecourt finale against the Portland Trail Blazers before heading out on a season-concluding three-game road trip.

    By Chris Herrington April 04, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: ‘This is our chance to love our sister city’

    “Memphis — tough, strong, seasoned Memphis — this is our chance to be soft. This is our chance to love our sister city — to be the ones who understand. This is our chance to be with.”

    By Candace Echols April 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Willy Bearden: Dispatch from Rolling Fork

    “The sound of Rolling Fork was the sharp drone of chainsaws as volunteers with equipment went house-to-house, cutting and dragging debris out to where it could be picked up.”

    By Willy Bearden April 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Morris: If Martin Luther King Jr. were in Memphis in 2023, what would he want to do this week?

    “I believe that the truth is to be found, and we can find it the same way that King was looking for it on the night of April 4, 1968.”

    By G. Scott Morris April 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Willy Bearden: The last episode from Rolling Fork, for now

    “As bad as it was last Saturday morning, it’s bound to get worse for my hometown. Nothing is working the way it should ... And it was already a town in the vice grip of extreme poverty.”

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    By Willy Bearden April 02, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: King’s preaching on justice — and on faith

    “Would that Memphis and its surrounding communities realize King’s dream and be a compelling model for the nation.”

    By Warner Davis April 01, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Hutchinson: FBI warns about growing cryptocurrency scam

    “Pig butchering” alludes to the practice of fattening up a hog before slaughter. The investment scam originated in Southeast Asia and spread worldwide during the pandemic.

    By Randy Hutchinson April 01, 2023
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    Conaway: Time to get away is close by

    Getting away from it all is all around us, and — if only for a morning in the woods or an afternoon or day on the water, or in a peaceful moment of reflection — we need but see it.

    By Dan Conaway March 31, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Of small towns and tragedies: Memories of Rolling Fork before the tornado

    “I’m from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in what I like to call the Deep Delta. It is the place that made me. It is the place that gave me the confidence to do all the things I’ve dreamed of and accomplished.”

    By Willy Bearden March 28, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Health Department director on ‘invisible threat’ in air

    “The residents of the neighborhoods surrounding Sterilization Services of Tennessee already face more than their fair share of adverse health, social and environmental conditions compared to many other parts of Shelby County.”

    By Michelle Taylor March 28, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: A parade inside my city? Grizzlies fans can sing along with that

    I’m not sure anyone is bothered by the “parade inside my city” line aside from a television carnival barker and people on the Internet, but does a lyrical investigation after recent incidents make one wince? Sure.

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    Grizzlies Insider: Dillon Brooks wants Memphis to bring playoff atmosphere

    By Chris Herrington March 28, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: ‘The salve I need on this long journey home’

    “I think maybe every time I’ve left a piece of my heart somewhere, I have been cataloging signposts — signposts that point to a place where all good things will not come to an end.”

    By Candace Echols March 26, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Partisanship has no place in Memphis

    “To unite Memphians around solving Memphis’ problems for Memphis’ future, we need nonpartisanship. We need to keep nonpartisanship in City Hall and bring it back to our county government.”

    By Jack Keith March 25, 2023
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: When they came up with this, they must have been loaded

    “Cops know that putting a loaded gun on the hip of a teenager, or in the hands of a high school cheerleader, a ‘watch this’ bubba, or a something-to-prove street kid is guaranteed lethal.”

    By Dan Conaway March 24, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s offensive emergence changes formula for Grizzlies success

    For a team many expected to slide, the month of March has belonged to Jaren Jackson Jr., who’s led the team at 23 points per game on 53% shooting, as the Grizzlies have reclaimed their spot at second in the conference. 

    Related story:

    Grizzlies Insider: Memphis teammates describe passion of Dillon Brooks

    By Chris Herrington March 23, 2023
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    Sanford: Chapman’s retirement a reminder of his enormous impact on public safety

    Buddy Chapman, 83, is calling it all quits. He will step down as the leader and face of CrimeStoppers effective April 1.

    By Otis Sanford March 23, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Saved by science — a cancer survivor goes to Washington

    “My advocacy work has a purpose. I have a purpose. And as long as I’m able to advocate, I will continue to fight for others with melanoma.”

    By Ken Billett March 22, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Arming teachers won’t make schools safer

    “In addition to being a teacher, all three of my own children attend public schools. Like everyone, I want to keep them safe. I want to keep my students safe. Putting more guns into schools is not the answer.”

    By Kathryn McRitchie March 20, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The Shelby County Jail’s ‘long and shameful history’

    “In the past couple years, the Jail has seen troublesome population increases and has left key positions vacant ... the family of Gershun Freeman has called for a DOJ investigation into his homicide.”

    By Bill Powell March 20, 2023

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