We can prevent HIV, or we can prosecute it, but we cannot do both.

This is about respect for time-honored process in a short-cut world, about pride in completion, about creating something for others. As chef Hallie said, “Baking is hard.”

Partisan anger for and against President Donald Trump will drive voters to the polls in high numbers. But other factors, such as health care, will play a role.

In the 2010s, we saw real-size people on TV and became experts at streaming. 

Even more remarkable than Hanover’s role in suffrage ratification was the rest of his life. 

Voters of the Ninth District know their congressman sometimes leans toward the outrageous. But he represents his congressional district with passion and commitment and that’s why voters have sent him to Washington seven times. 

Waking up with the flu. A power outage. A bad traffic jam. The Tigers getting into a Power 5 conference. These are all gravity issues. Nothing I do affects them.

We contain multitudes. 

As the assault on local journalism continues, we look back at a year of growth for The Daily Memphian.

For the new decade, Hattiloo Theatre is renewing its vow to amplify the voice of the African American community within the arts community, and doubling down on that effort by investing more in developing artists.

On Jan. 2, 2020, work to renovate Cossitt Library will officially begin. The project is scheduled to be finished in late September.

The Memphis congressman is the fourth most senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which wrote the two articles that are the basis of the Senate trial. But Cohen’s peers tend to regard him as a grandstander rather than a team player.

Memphis relocates to Dallas for Cotton Bowl weekend, three Memphis parks move forward in different ways, Memphis jazz moves underground and more. 

History tells us that Jesus existed and was crucified. And his birth changed its course. 

On a patrol car ride-along we encountered a public drunk (drove him home), expired tags, cats who set off a house alarm, and a railcar robbery-in-progress of copious amounts of toilet paper. Yup.

The zoo parking versus Overton Park Greensward debate has come full circle in four years. Now the bulldozers and chainsaws – along with the fate of 200 trees – are on hold.

In none of the past three elections – 2012, 2016, and now 2020 – has anyone given a thought to the possibility that the next president might come from Tennessee.

'Out on the roof there arose such a clatter, more Downtown construction, the clang of a ladder....'

For many of the 1,200 homebound seniors served by MIFA each weekday, the volunteer who delivers the meal is the client’s only human contact in a day.

In a small town outside of London, in a pub known only to locals, I found myself standing next to someone I was in the third grade with at Memphis State Training School.

U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant voiced support when the attorney general criticized communities that fail to show proper respect for law officers. Were they also concerned when Trump attacked FBI leaders? 

"I was drawn to Teach For America because school was my safe haven away from the chaos at home when I was growing up."

The senator has focused relentlessly on education and health policy, working to enact the sort of important legislation that Congress is supposed to deal with instead of attacking or defending the president’s conduct. 

Forever Young Senior Veterans returned 14 veterans, ages 93 to 102, to Belgium in September to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. On these Trips of Honor, the goal is to return the men to the exact locations where they fought.

"The amount of money given is a symbol of the love that comes with it. We bask in that love."