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  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The man behind it all, out loud and clear, and all ours in Memphis

    “Civil rights remain a movement, and that movement is more at risk now than any time in a generation. Diversity and inclusion have been declared illegal.”

    By Dan Conaway May 30, 2025
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    Sanford: City’s violent crime problem needs solutions — not sound bites

    “Our crime problem remains the No. 1 issue on the minds of area residents. And last week FBI Director Kash Patel added to the angst by summarily declaring Memphis ‘the homicide capital of America per capita.’”

    By Otis Sanford May 29, 2025
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    Calkins: Everyone loved Reggie Barnes — which is how he reshaped Memphis sports

    Archie Manning said Reggie Barnes “had a gift for bringing people together.” For the better part of five decades, Barnes — who died Monday — used that gift to promote Memphis sports. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 29, 2025
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    Calkins: Jes Shea’s van exploded — with her in it. Here’s what she’s learned.

    Jes Shea leaned down to light the cookstove in her Sprinter van. Then the world went “BOOM.” 

    By Geoff Calkins May 27, 2025
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    Martin: PJ Haggerty will regret leaving Penny Hardaway and Memphis

    “When you boil it all down: Haggerty is leaving the team that he led to the NCAA Tournament as an All-American, to go to a team that didn’t make the tournament last year, and ultimately for less money than he would’ve made if he had just committed to Penny Hardaway for another season.” 

    By John Martin May 26, 2025
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    Greenstein: Memorial Day is more than a vacation day

    “All Americans owe the families of the servicemen and women who died serving our country more than lip service in gratitude, appreciation and reverence.”

    By Micah Greenstein May 25, 2025
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    Echols: ‘Now I’ve been taught to see’

    “Living this way has flung the doors wide for me to write about things like the Grammys and National Parks and PGA golf and missionaries. ... And it’s all largely because I’ve now been taught to see.”

    By Candace Echols May 25, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Our ghosts are calling this Memorial Day

    “On Dec. 2, 1943, USS LCT-242 was sunk by a circling torpedo off Naples, Italy. In a little more than a year of service, she earned two battle stars. She was a Memphis girl.”

    By Dan Conaway May 23, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: On xAI, ‘Memphians deserve honesty’

    “Air pollution doesn’t know borders. It doesn’t stop at the state line. Running dozens of polluting turbines at this location would threaten air quality for families in South Memphis as well as those in Southaven.”

    By LaTricea Adams May 22, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Grizzlies Mailbag: Is it too late for Ja Morant to regain All-NBA form?

    Chris Herrington answers some interesting questions about the Grizzlies’ two ostensible tentpole players: Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

    By Chris Herrington May 20, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Remembering former Memphis councilman Jimmy Moore

    “Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “

    By Susan Adler Thorp May 19, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: xAI can brighten the region’s future

    “XAI is creating hundreds of jobs — from skilled trades to advanced technical roles — offering higher wages and economic stability. These jobs can lift families out of poverty, boost local businesses, fund improvements to our schools and infrastructure.”

    By Kelly Lomax May 20, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Narcisse: Hope is not faring well these days

    “I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse May 18, 2025
  • Opinion

    Barnes: We need to talk more about dementia

    “Had my stepmom broken a limb or cut herself open or gotten cancer or a chronic disease, she and my dad and the family would all would have talked about it. But not with dementia.”

    By Eric Barnes May 21, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: State takes needed action to protect farms

    Tennessee’s new Farmland Preservation Fund helps farmers secure their land and legacy, supports local and regional food systems, conserves wildlife habitats and stimulates rural economies.

    By Brooks Lamb May 17, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Hutchinson: Some scammers are victims themselves

    Reports from the Council on Foreign Relations and the United States Institute of Peace say some overseas call centers are staffed by people who have been trafficked or lured in by fake job ads.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 17, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Former MATA CEO: Travel was necessary for fleet upgrades

    As MATA tried to meet a state mandate for an electric fleet, Gary Rosenfeld said it was more expedient and less costly to visit overseas manufacturers rather than ship equipment back and forth for testing. 

    By Gary Rosenfeld May 16, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: We are Warriors, every one

    “It’s the city, man,” the band’s leader, Ollie Liddell, answered when asked where that joy comes from, “the soul.”

    By Dan Conaway May 19, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: How far-fetched is Giannis to Grizzlies?

    Will Milwaukee trade Giannis? Do only the healthy teams advance in the NBA playoffs? Can we get a conference quota in the draft lottery? Do you remember Luigi Datome? And much more.

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Calkins: An event to honor the John Calipari era in Memphis? It’s just time.

    “John Calipari is game to return to Memphis this fall to play an exhibition game to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital? That sounds like an fine idea. It’s just time.”

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    Calipari’s Razorbacks working to schedule exhibition game in Memphis

    By Geoff Calkins May 15, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: An open letter on immigration to graduating seniors

    “This time of your life should be so rich with hope, excitement, and possibility. I want you to understand, however, that not everyone in our country is allowed those rights.” 

    By Casey Bryant May 14, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: The case for youth voices on nonprofit boards

    “By welcoming young people and community voices into nonprofit governance, we can strengthen individual organizations and build a more equitable, sustainable and community-driven Memphis.”

    By Rychetta Watkins, PhD May 14, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: What the ongoing NBA playoffs say about the Grizzlies

    How fully have the Memphis Grizzlies been passed by other young teams? How accurate was Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman’s same-day assertion/admission that the team is “not close” to contention?

    By Chris Herrington May 13, 2025
  • Premium Music

    Calkins: Incredibly, the Central High jazz band did it. They won the whole thing.

    The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country — and around the world — to win the Essentially Ellington contest in New York. And, yes, there were many tears.

    By Geoff Calkins May 16, 2025
  • Premium Spirit of Memphis

    Calkins: Central High lights up the stage — and advances to finals in New York.

    The Central High jazz band continued to blaze through New York, advancing to the finals of the Essentially Ellington contest. Said Ollie Liddell, the band’s director: “We play with the spirt of the city, man.” 

    By Geoff Calkins May 12, 2025

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