Guest columnist Warner Davis says “while using tax dollars for private schools is questionable, and diverting resources from public schools objectionable, providing a good education to every American child is applaudable.”
“The terms Republican and Democrat have become dog whistles to gather on the far right and far left. The colors red and blue, and the words conservative and liberal have been co-opted into whistles.”
Former district attorney explains the laws, guidelines and considerations that officials make when assessing juveniles accused of violent crime.
“Police alone also can’t stop the violence. It will require a community-wide effort. And that includes the faith community.”
Barry Chase, born in Memphis over 83 years ago, responds to Dan Conaway’s column “Welcome to the world of old white men.”
Teachers union leader: “It’s hard not to think that Ray’s administrative leave has roots in something other than district policy.”
“In ruling that it is OK for a governing body to hold private meetings on a controversial project and to hide the upcoming vote on that controversial project by leaving it off the agenda, the court undermines the open meetings law,” Deborah Fisher says.
Memphis voters have tended to favor incumbents. Since the mid-1960s, only three sitting mayors have been denied reelection.
Missy Rainer says as Election Day approaches, there are “many thoughts swirling around in my head with regard to the candidates and their positions on crime in our community.”
A 65-year-old white man responds to Dan Conaway’s recent column, “Welcome to the world of old white men.”
“The Jones Act was not intended to protect jobs. It was to ensure a fleet of reliable, commercial oceangoing ships that could serve in times of war or emergency,” says guest columnist Jonathan Helton.
“Our county is a mess. I’m taking it personally and so should you.”
“While white men over 65 represent something in the neighborhood of 5% of our population, they’re engaged in a battle to hold their fierce grip on power and opinion. Sadly, tragically, they’re winning.”
“Why would he just sit idly by and allow an outsider to trash Tennessee teachers and Tennessee colleges?”
Opinion: The Election Commission is seeking poll workers for the upcoming elections, city a “significant civic need.”
Ernest Withers was an iconic civil rights photographer — and an FBI informant. A new podcast revisits the complicated, painful tale.
Former MLGW president and CEO: “The consultant’s presentation seemed designed to frighten and make people afraid to take the risk of leaving TVA, rather than make us aware of its benefits and rewards.”
“I find it easy to understand why women see the overturning of Roe v. Wade as rolling back a broad range of rights for women that goes well beyond the matter of abortion.”
More than one in four people who reported to the Federal Trade Commission that they lost money in a scam in 2021 say it originated on social media, an 18-fold increase over 2017.
Golf began for everyone in Memphis in Overton Park in 1906 with the opening of the Overton Park 9, the city’s first public course.
Republican incumbent Amy Weirich is in a fierce battle with Democratic challenger Steve Mulroy as she seeks to hang on to the job of Shelby County’s top prosecutor for another eight years.
Executive director of A Step Ahead Foundation: Because an unplanned pregnancy creates challenges to personal stability and growth, free access “to birth control is now more important than ever.”
The Jones Act — the bedrock law of American maritime — supports more than 20,000 jobs and $4.5 billion in economic output in Tennessee.
“What can save our nation are movements which mobilize political action over the long haul — like the movements that have happened in Memphis.”