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  • Chris Herrington
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    Why we need Memphis 3.0

    A plan does not gentrify neighborhoods and displace existing residents. In fact, it seeks to provide the framework to avoid exactly that happening and to guide and coordinate investment so that it has broad-based benefit.

    By George Abbott April 10, 2019
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: What happens when you take your 98- and 94-year-old parents to Disney? Magic, of course

    I took my 98- and 94-year-old parents to Disney. It was a magical trip, but not for the reasons you'd expect. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 10, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    How the election of 1968 changed us

    The presidential campaign of 1968 was a last hurrah for the “Old Politics,” in which political machines and party leaders determined the major nominees. It also highlighted a “New Politics,” in which candidates took their cases to the people, through party primaries and modern technology.

    By Aram Goudsouzian April 08, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Why do I volunteer? A St. Jude runner explains

    'I volunteer and run for those who want to but say they can't, and for those who can't but wish they could.'

    By Almetria Turner April 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Midtown needs better development guidelines

    Consider the difference between a planned community such as Seaside, Florida, and an overdone Disney sequel. We can simply look to our neighbors in Nashville to see what an overdone sequel looks like in an urban environment.

    By Kevin Thompson April 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    She turned the name ‘Fuss’ into a business asset

    When her husband was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, a woman who started her own business dropped everything to care for him and their three young daughters. Ten years later, the entrepreneurial spirit returned.

    By Jennifer Pierotti Dunavant April 06, 2019
  • Opinion

    Nelson: A battle near Memphis 157 years ago changed the face of war

    The horrors of the battle fought at Shiloh April 6-7, 1862, made it clear that the weaponry of war had far outstripped the Napoleonic-era tactics taught at West Point. 

    By Michael Nelson April 05, 2019
  • Dan Conaway

    Conaway: This city’s soul resonates

    When asked about Memphis, 55 percent nationally have a favorable opinion, up seven points since 2017. Among multicultural millennials, that favorability exceeds the national audience by 10 percentage points, up five since 2017.

    By Dan Conaway April 04, 2019
  • Opinion

    Perrusquia: Conspiracy theory about MLK’s Memphis march skirts essential facts

    As the story goes, FBI agents hired provocateurs to smash store windows and start a riot designed to embarrass King. A recent account includes civil rights photographer Ernest Withers in the plot, but there's no credible proof for the theories. 

    By Marc Perrusquia April 04, 2019
  • Chris Herrington

    The Memphis 10: Memphis 3.0, Mud Island, ‘You Look Like’ and more

    In this week's Memphis 10: Johnny Football says farewell, Memphis comedy gets a showcase, and the city's future is as contested as ever.

    By Chris Herrington April 04, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis 51 years later: We are not there yet

    The Rev. James Lawson, who invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis 51 years ago, will speak at Memphis Cares 2 on April 7 at Crump Stadium. The event recalls the first Memphis Cares, held three days after King's assassination.

    By Mark Stansbury April 03, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis Shelby Crime Commission: ‘It’s not your typical nonprofit’

    Every three months or so, 50 people who comprise the MSCC board of directors file into a room for their quarterly meeting. They include law enforcement and criminal justice leaders as well as people from business, faith, nonprofit and grassroots sectors.

    By Ben Adams, Johnny B. Moore Jr. April 03, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    An actor in a kinder, gentler theater

    Playback Memphis was life-giving to this band of 14, who were “voluntold” to participate in what most would deem a crazy idea – bringing police officers together with those who had spent their lives running from them.

    By Virginia Murphy April 01, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Immigration: ‘The best problem’

    In Memphis, new immigrants make up just over 5 percent of the metro population, but account for 9 percent of the area's business owners.

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa April 01, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Do the WriteThing essay: Hate is not a natural state

    With this entry, McKenzie Leaks was named an ambassador in the national Do the Write Thing Challenge, an anti-violence essay contest. Her essay was one of two chosen from 2,000 submitted by students from 16 schools in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office Every Day in School program.

    By McKenzie Leaks March 31, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Do the Write Thing essay: Violence can turn your life around

    Jared Rawlings' essay was one of two chosen from 2,000 submitted by students from 16 schools in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office Every Day in School program. He was named an ambassador in the national Do the Write Thing Challenge, an anti-violence essay contest.

    By Jared Rawlings March 31, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Racial reconciliation is spiritual, not political

    Bill Russell and Bob Cousy saw each other as brothers, not just athletes. Their relationship reflects a standard our society has yet to attain.

    By Warner Davis March 30, 2019
  • Chris Herrington

    The Memphis 10: Time for change at Tom Lee Park

    For decades now we’ve treated Tom Lee Park – 30 precious acres linking the heart of Downtown to the Mississippi River – as a kind of Liberty Bowl West: a venue to be fully used a few days each May, a de facto fairgrounds.

    By Chris Herrington March 29, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    A sanitation worker’s struggle still inspires his son

    In a 1973 interview with Ebony magazine, Memphis sanitation worker John C. White said Dr. Martin Luther King's sacrifice stayed with him: “I've had a better life.”

    By Johnnie Mosley March 28, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    At Tom Lee Park, look past the anxiety of change

    'I can predict that when the Memphis River Parks Partnership’s work on Tom Lee Park is complete, few will look back and long for the flat field that we experience today.'

    By Laura Morris March 28, 2019
  • Otis Sanford

    Sanford: A Morehouse Man moves into leadership roles. Naturally.

    The history-altering transfer of public property to an upstart nonprofit transformed Van Turner from mild-mannered lawyer and county commissioner to gutsy leader, willing to take the heat for removing Confederate symbols of slavery and racism.

    By Otis Sanford March 28, 2019
  • Opinion

    Nelson: Remembering MLK50 on the Eve of MLK51

    A bland marker erected near the midpoint of an almost century-long celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis now has a new companion marker. It describes the grotesque nature of Forrest's "business enterprise." 

    By Michael Nelson March 28, 2019
  • Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Making common sense

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said it's his job to look at an issue affected by county government, look at how many people it touches, look at the cost both societal and fiscal, and look at where he can be most effective.

    By Dan Conaway March 28, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Focus on Tennessee priorities, not LGBTQ discrimination

    Discriminatory laws will only set the tone for continued discrimination – up to and including targeted violence. These proposed laws are a distraction from Tennessee priorities like good schools, healthy environments and safe communities.

    By Shahin A. Samiei March 27, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Legislators in Early Education Caucus address ‘crisis’ in student performance

    Motivated by the fact that the majority of Tennessee’s third-grade students can’t read or do math on grade level, a bipartisan group of legislators has committed to exploring policy improvements for students prior to third grade.

    By Kemp Conrad, Kenneth S. Robinson March 26, 2019

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