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    Sanford: A tragedy that hurt all of Memphis

    The gravity of violent crime continues to loom over Memphis like an ominous storm cloud that stubbornly refuses to break up and move on.

    By Otis Sanford June 13, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Employers need to tap an under-used resource: the re-entry population

    Companies previously opposed to hiring ex-offenders are awakening to the value of creating taxpayers rather than funding perpetrators.

    By Beverly C. Robertson June 10, 2019
  • Opinion

    Nelson: What’s right at MEM (with a modest proposal for FedEx)

    We’ve gone from being the nation’s most-expensive airport for travelers to its 28th most expensive. And flights cost less than $10 more from Memphis than at the 20 next-cheapest airports, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

    By Michael Nelson June 11, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    County Commission is doing ‘the hard and meticulous work’ of the budget

    The mayor said he "yields to the will of the body, namely the County Commission. My recommendation is that he does just that so the commission can finish his incomplete homework assignment."

    By Edmund Ford Jr. June 12, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Cofield’s legacy: ‘One of the good guys’ had faith in a better Memphis

    Glenn was not a first generation do-gooder. Helping others and promoting peace and prosperity for all ran deeply in his blood. An hour before he died, he collected money from friends – at a party for a children's nonprofit organization – to help pay the caterer's MLGW bill.

    By Sam Graham June 13, 2019
  • Dan Conaway

    Conaway: A Memphian’s real-life adventure serial

    Richard Halliburton wrote a steamer trunk of bestsellers and syndicated articles, but to call him merely an author would be like calling Indiana Jones merely an anthropologist. And while Indy’s unbelievable fictional adventures are just that, Halliburton’s unbelievable adventures were real.

    By Dan Conaway June 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    A future tied to its past in South Downtown Memphis

    The interfaith organization MICAH wants to make sure former Foote Homes residents have access to a significant number of the new units under construction on the site.

    By Val Handwerker June 09, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Why is being a ‘girl drummer’ still a noteworthy thing?

    Inequity not only exists in terms of professional opportunities or pay for women who are musicians, but it also exists in the very situations where creativity is born. The system is rigged to its core.

    By John Bass June 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    St. George’s journalism students snag state awards

    The Lodge, the student magazine at St. George's Independent School, won the Tennessee High School Press Association's 2019 awards for Best Overall Website and second place for Best Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine. The two co-editors submitted columns about the importance of student newspapers.

    By Evan Dorian June 08, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Want to face daily ethical dilemmas? Work for a newspaper

    The Lodge, the student magazine at St. George's Independent School, won the Tennessee High School Press Association's 2019 award for Best Overall Website and second place for Best Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine. The two co-editors submitted columns about the importance of student newspapers.

    By Emma Bennett June 08, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    A cemetery inspires respect for that ‘most consequential day’ 75 years ago

    At the Normandy American Cemetery where more than 9,000 Americans who helped free France and defeat the Nazis are buried, it is peaceful and verdant now, with straight-line tombstone crosses and Stars of David undulating over the bluffs with the beach and sea beyond.

    By Steve Cohen June 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Roy Nixon: A model for the strong mayor and ‘a foxhole kind of friend’

    Roy Nixon was Shelby County mayor less than two years, but it was his attitude toward the 4,500 acres at the Shelby County Penal Farm that led to a vision of that expansive land as a park.

    By Tom Jones June 06, 2019
  • Otis Sanford

    This is America, where thoughts and prayers replace gun laws

    Most of us believe the Second Amendment gives us the unfettered right to own practically any type of weapon – high powered or otherwise – along with unlimited ammunition and accessories to go with it. The Virginia Beach shooter had several extended magazines that allowed him to continuously fire at his victims and responding police officers.

    By Otis Sanford June 06, 2019
  • Opinion

    Nelson: Don’t sell Memphians short when it comes to cross-racial voting

    Our history of cross-racial voting calls into question whether Memphis might not be ripe for a redistricting of city council and county commission districts that intentionally makes them racially diverse instead of solidly black or solidly white.

    By Michael Nelson June 04, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    The award for kindness goes to …

    "Imagine that alongside middle school awards for robotics and writing, a student is given an award for showing kindness through these turbulent years. That’s exactly what we’ve done at Hutchison."

    By Lauren Huddleston June 05, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Co-founders of Lynching Sites Project are proof of the ‘butterfly effect’

    The gift Randall Mullins and Sharon Pavelda gave to the Memphis community is a safe space to go out of the grief of racial terrorism by going through the grief of racial terrorism.

    By John Ashworth June 02, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis-area veterans return to Normandy for 75th anniversary of D-Day

    ABC News with David Muir will be following the veterans from the Memphis area throughout their eight-day experience. They will appear on Martha MacCallum's Fox News show and “CBS This Morning,” and CNN plans a mini-documentary about them.

    By Diane Hight June 03, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Lakeland’s high school compromise neglects the First Amendment

    A compromise paving the way for construction of a Lakeland high school purports to allow the citizenry to have “its cake and eat it too” so long as citizens are willing to tacitly agree to sleep on their rights that the First Amendment protects, such as the right to petition and the right to free speech.

    By Zachary Coleman June 04, 2019
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: New, national Memphis commercial taps into why we love the place

    Facebook launched a new commercial during the NBA Finals featuring regular people singing "Walking in Memphis." The overwhelming response said a lot about the way we feel about our town.

    By Geoff Calkins June 03, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Mayor: It’s our duty to help ex-offenders reenter the workforce

    Having a criminal record can be a tough barrier to workforce entry, and we don’t want a lack of funds to be the barrier between getting a job or going back to a life of crime.

    By Jim Strickland June 07, 2019
  • Opinion

    Nelson: When the ‘silent majority’ was black

    In 2019, Black Lives Matter means efforts to “end broken windows policing” and “limit use of force” by officers, among other items on the movement’s “Campaign Zero” agenda. In 1973, Black Lives Matter meant something different.

    By Michael Nelson May 30, 2019
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Six thoughts on Graceland and the FedExForum lease

    An ongoing spat involves two Memphis institutions, one legacy (Graceland), one a modern creation (Grizzlies), and both central to the city’s identity.

    By Chris Herrington May 30, 2019
  • Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The quintessential Memphis story of Clarence Saunders

    Saunders' tale is a roller coaster ride from rock bottom to dizzying height and back again, a journey that left an indelible mark on the world.

    By Dan Conaway May 31, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Hospitality Hub offers ‘the simple acts of kindness’

    Everybody can feel like somebody when they walk into the Hub. Nobody is turned away. With no barriers or judgment, the Hub provides people with the tangible and emotional tools to navigate their next phase on this earth.

    By Willie Boyd Jr. June 01, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Coding program for prisoners can produce skilled ex-offenders

    The Tennessee Department of Corrections has partnered with Persevere, a nonprofit organization based in Tennessee, to provide coding and educational resources that teach students, both in prisons and under community supervision, how to code. 

    By Tony Parker May 30, 2019

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