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    Music Fest needs an overhaul

    What happens at Music Fest in Memphis feels like a frantic cash-grab to break even on the massive production costs of creating a miniature city at Tom Lee Park every May. New Orleans’ Jazz Fest and Austin’s South by Southwest do a better job of dispersing throughout the city cores, which boosts businesses while drawing tourists.

    By Taylor Berger May 10, 2019
  • Opinion

    A downtown for everyone

    'I intentionally moved my family to Uptown to give my children an experience of the best of both worlds; a safe, decent and affordable neighborhood with access to a vibrant downtown and beautiful riverfront.'

    By Tanja Mitchell May 08, 2019
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    Partial judges among us

    About 100 years ago, two murders in South Braintree, Massachusetts, captivated our nation and the world. Two Italian immigrants – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti – were accused, convicted of the crimes and executed in a Massachusetts electric chair in 1927.

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa May 07, 2019
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    Choosing your fights in a male-dominated industry

    'The truth for me is I love struggling through long work hours. I love making tough decisions about which one of multiple priorities to focus on today. I love pushing the limits of my body and mind.'

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams May 07, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    In the Memphis 3.0 plan, building ‘up’ means more investment

    What happens with a reliance on the market to revive neighborhoods? We will see more of the haves in neighborhoods. But we will also see more of the have-nots.

    By Mark Fleischer May 06, 2019
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    12 things I have learned in the ministry

    After nearly 20 years as senior pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Dr. Steve Montgomery leads his last service before retiring on Sunday, May 5. The Daily Memphian asked him to summarize his thoughts as he steps away from the pulpit. He replied with a list of "12 things I have learned in the ministry."

    By Steve Montgomery May 05, 2019
  • Opinion

    MLGW rates are low, but still burden low-income residents

    There are two reasons low-income families are over-burdened by energy costs: First, much of our housing stock is in poor condition. And second, residents are not well-informed about keeping energy costs down. Heating to 85 degrees in winter while cooling to 68 in the summer is a recipe for bankruptcy.

    By Steve Lockwood May 04, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Let’s talk before we send the bulldozers to Tom Lee Park

    Let’s not lose valuable green space to concrete structures before determining this is what citizens want, as well as the impact on tourism, traffic flow and celebrations. 

    By John Doyle May 04, 2019
  • Opinion

    Faces behind opioid crisis underscore need to keep working

    As the opioid epidemic continues to rage nationwide, the human faces behind it demand we keep looking for answers.

    By Ron Maxey May 03, 2019
  • FedEx St. Jude Championship

    On National Golf Day, count the benefits of the FedEx St. Jude tournament

    It's a privilege to host the very best professional golfers in the world in our city, but the PGA Tour’s mission has always been to show that we are more than just a sports league.

    By Darrell Smith May 01, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis in May almost failed to launch

    More than 40 years ago, as the Memphis in May International Festival was getting off the ground, the organization's first president was told that he could “tank MIM” and “nobody would care.”

    By Lyman D. Aldrich April 30, 2019
  • Opinion

    Employees with mental health diagnoses are assets, not liabilities

    "You’re wondering how I can lead at full capacity battling such a persistent mental challenge. Three things: medication, unwavering purpose and a rigorous schedule."

    By Kevin Dean April 24, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Angel investing: a metaphorical flight

    Angel investing is our way of helping Memphis (and ourselves) continue to prosper. It is incredibly risky, yes, but it is incredibly rewarding in ways that don’t show up on a monthly statement.

    By Dev Varma April 24, 2019
  • Opinion

    Alexander: Shorter FAFSA application will help 400,000 Tennessee families

    The students we most want to help are often the ones most intimidated by this federal form. The former president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis said he believes that he lost 1,500 students each semester because the complicated FAFSA discouraged students and their families from applying.

    By Lamar Alexander April 21, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Nelson: How to fight recidivism with great books

    The parole board was blown away when a woman who had spent 25 years behind bars, and who was a member of the great books group at West Tennessee State Penitentiary, quoted Herodotus in answer to a question about how she now defined success.

    By Michael Nelson April 18, 2019
  • Opinion

    Memphis 3.0 focuses on the city’s core

    Memphis 3.0 is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and for very good reason. Communities across Memphis are unique places with their own assets that are vital to support future prosperity.

    By J.W. Gibson April 17, 2019
  • Opinion

    On police pay, Atlanta offers Memphis a convenient truth

    Unlike Atlanta, we live in a city with a mayor who offered police a 3% raise, and when we told him that wasn’t enough, he said that was all he had to give.

    By Faith Marshall April 17, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    An officer and an ex-offender face past trauma in Playback

    In police and prison culture, vulnerability has a bad rap. Not only are you not allowed to express your feelings (except anger), you are not allowed to even have feelings. But isn’t the capacity for tenderness what makes us human? 

    By Virginia Murphy April 16, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Leadership Memphis program inspired volunteer

    Unlike other programs, the Leadership Memphis FastTrack program challenges young professionals and up-and-coming leaders to think outside of their normal scope, giving them a greater appreciation for diversity in culture, background, economics, community, industry and more.

    By Christin Webb April 15, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Beacon Center: On EDGE and PILOTs, the numbers don’t add up

    Peel back the fancy ribbon-cutting ceremonies and press conferences for new jobs and all you’re left with is handouts to big, connected companies and higher taxes for the rest of us.

    By Ron Shultis April 14, 2019
  • Opinion

    EDGE: Tax abatement works in a competitive world

    Companies want to locate in communities that will work with them long after the ribbon-cutting and headlines are done. We know that our local firms are constantly being courted by other communities looking to grow their economies.

    By Reid Dulberger April 14, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis music for April: Collaboration

    There’s something wonderful about musical collaborations, both the totally unexpected and the so-perfect-together-they’re-completely-obvious.

    By Elizabeth Cawein April 13, 2019
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    Memphis campus looks back 50 years at the Black Student Association sit-ins

    In the late 1960s, African-American students at Memphis State would not settle for second-class citizenship, especially when they paid tuition like their white counterparts, and their parents’ tax dollars supported the institution like the parents of their white counterparts. So they organized.

    By Shirletta J. Kinchen April 12, 2019
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    Diversity isn’t an item on a bucket list

    'My insight on diversity had come from experience as the diverse candidate or double minority. My experience had come as a benefactor of diverse hiring initiatives that opened doors that would have otherwise been closed to someone like me.' 

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams April 10, 2019
  • Guest Columnists

    Why we need Memphis 3.0

    A plan does not gentrify neighborhoods and displace existing residents. In fact, it seeks to provide the framework to avoid exactly that happening and to guide and coordinate investment so that it has broad-based benefit.

    By George Abbott April 10, 2019

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