On this King Day 2020, the 91st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we do what we do every year. Lift his voice, his ideals, his teachings, his brilliance, his strategic leadership, his love for his family and mankind that put much of what we’re going through and need to change in perspective.
'We must be a unified and united body. If we are not, we run the risks of watering down our legislative authority and allowing outside entities comprised of individuals not elected by the citizens of Memphis, essentially, to make legislative and budgetary decisions.'
A University of Tennessee fraternity brother invited me to lunch the other day, he said, to share my experience writing a column with his son. Instead, he turned to me and opened with, “Tell him the toilet seat story.”
Monday, for the first time in 48 years, Rev. Nicholas Vieron will not conduct his annual Adult Greek Class, a Memphis tradition. His mind and soul are willing. His body, not so much these days.
This political tempest involves the thorny issue of whether Tennessee should continue to participate in a federal refugee resettlement program.
The high rate of juveniles transferred to adult court in Shelby County is not due to differences in Shelby County youth. It’s due to differences in the operation of our juvenile justice system.
Stern cared deeply about both civil rights and bringing the NBA to mid-size cities where the basketball team would be one of the biggest things in town. For Stern, that combination equaled Memphis.
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....'