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    Opinion: How to take guns out of the hands of dangerous actors

    “This is not a quick fix on a long-term and wide-reaching issue, but it is a workable start in moving toward and safer and healthier Tennessee for all of us.”

    By John Gillespie May 08, 2023
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    Opinion: New legislation will reduce violent crime in Memphis

    State Senator Brent Taylor discusses increasing penalties for certain violent crimes and proposed legislation that seeks to stem the rise in juvenile crime.

    By Brent Taylor May 07, 2023
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    G. Scott Morris: Pondering what constitutes ‘the Good Life’

    “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, and above all these put on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

    By G. Scott Morris May 07, 2023
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    Opinion: The next mayor of Memphis should be a Memphian

    “Memphis should be led by someone who actually lives here, is committed to the city, and has demonstrated that commitment throughout their career.”

    By John Carroll April 27, 2023
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    Guest Column: Finding the spark that connects us to nature

    Celebrate Earth Day by spending some time observing a single creature — what it looks like, how it moves, how it interacts with other plants or creatures in its habitat, and whether it makes any distinctive sounds.

    By Melissa McMasters April 23, 2023
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    Hutchinson: FTC challenges more bogus COVID claims

    “When there’s a medical breakthrough, you’re not going to hear about it first through an ad or sales pitch.”

    By Randy Hutchinson April 22, 2023
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    Guest Column: FedEx is a ‘power for good’ for St. Jude and the world

    “Having FedEx’s influence in Memphis the past 50 years — from the high-profile items like FedExForum and the Grizzlies to actions that fly under the larger radar like all the FedEx Cares events in Memphis — has been incalculable in making our city as amazing as we all enjoy it to be.”

    By Richard C. Shadyac Jr. April 20, 2023
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    Opinion: For Johnson, Jones and Pearson, both the facts and the law are against them

    “If Johnson, Jones and Pearson think winning the argument means raising their personal profiles and raising lots of money to win safe Democratic seats, then the pounding and yelling seem to have paid off.”

    By Jordan Carpenter April 19, 2023
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    Opinion: Pearson’s reappointment signals change, but what can sustain it?

    “These three leaders effectively tapped into the political will of a demographic that had been held down, abused and ignored year after year. A megaphone was all that was needed to shatter Speaker Cameron Sexton’s fragile ego and trigger a political earthquake.”

    By Robert Donati April 19, 2023
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    Opinion: MSCS, new superintendent should stay course on early literacy

    “We strongly urge the MSCS board and the next superintendent to continue making early literacy a top priority for our community.”

    By Teresa Sloyan, Gary Shorb April 17, 2023
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    Opinion: Can Tennessee get it together on guns?

    In an op-ed, Democrat Phil Bredesen and Republican Bill Haslam, who served as governors successively from 2003 to 2019, offered some specifics around “small step” gun restrictions as starting points.

    By Edward Felsenthal April 15, 2023
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    Opinion: Memphis’ future depends on transforming education

    “We must break down the system silos, invest strategically in communities, and hold ourselves across public and private interests accountable for results.”

    By Toni Williams , Mark Sturgis April 18, 2023
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    Opinion: Seeking refuge in America – and Memphis

    “Because of the sanitation workers’ strike and the tragic killing of Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years ago, Memphis has become a welcoming place for refugees and people fleeing unimaginable horrors back home.”

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa April 14, 2023
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    Opinion: Let’s make patient access to health care a priority

    “When teachers, sanitation workers and municipal employees must take time off work to drive across the state to receive care for sick children, we will all feel the consequences.”

    By Gary Shorb April 14, 2023
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    Opinion: ‘Short-sighted officials with a liberal agenda’ help spread crime

    “We can’t solve the poverty and cultural issues that plague our community in the short or even medium term. But we can build more prisons, with an emphasis on reform.”

    By Shep Fargotstein April 13, 2023
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    Opinion: Health Department must protect from ‘invisible threat’ of EtO

    “Community members shouldn’t have to wait years for relief. Instead of making excuses and dodging questions, the Shelby County Health Department needs to act now to make the facility reduce its emissions or — if it continues to refuse — shut down completely.”

    By KeShaun Pearson April 10, 2023
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    Echols: ‘And that’s Easter’

    “I’ll admit that the Easter bunny is cute and tons of fun – he swings by our house every year. The eggs are nice. The flowers are a delight. In their own ways, they all point to new life. But there is nothing that compares with celebrating what it means for humanity that Jesus walked out of that tomb.”

    By Candace Echols April 09, 2023
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    Morris: Justin Pearson spoke through the hearts of all who grieve

    “I think there is no question that Justin Pearson’s expulsion has given him a much bigger pulpit from which to preach. I now count myself as a member of his flock. What I pray for us all is that we will let compassion and love be the forces which lead us all forward.”

    By G. Scott Morris April 07, 2023
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    Opinion: Like the Tennessee Three, it’s time to speak up for gun reform

    “While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won’t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.”

    By Sarah Hunter Simanson April 07, 2023
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    Echols: ‘This is our chance to love our sister city’

    “Memphis — tough, strong, seasoned Memphis — this is our chance to be soft. This is our chance to love our sister city — to be the ones who understand. This is our chance to be with.”

    By Candace Echols April 02, 2023
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    Willy Bearden: Dispatch from Rolling Fork

    “The sound of Rolling Fork was the sharp drone of chainsaws as volunteers with equipment went house-to-house, cutting and dragging debris out to where it could be picked up.”

    By Willy Bearden April 02, 2023
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    Morris: If Martin Luther King Jr. were in Memphis in 2023, what would he want to do this week?

    “I believe that the truth is to be found, and we can find it the same way that King was looking for it on the night of April 4, 1968.”

    By G. Scott Morris April 02, 2023
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    Willy Bearden: The last episode from Rolling Fork, for now

    “As bad as it was last Saturday morning, it’s bound to get worse for my hometown. Nothing is working the way it should ... And it was already a town in the vice grip of extreme poverty.”

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    By Willy Bearden April 02, 2023
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    Opinion: King’s preaching on justice — and on faith

    “Would that Memphis and its surrounding communities realize King’s dream and be a compelling model for the nation.”

    By Warner Davis April 01, 2023
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    Hutchinson: FBI warns about growing cryptocurrency scam

    “Pig butchering” alludes to the practice of fattening up a hog before slaughter. The investment scam originated in Southeast Asia and spread worldwide during the pandemic.

    By Randy Hutchinson April 01, 2023

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