Almost as if by a magnetic force, residents were drawn to Ms. Jean. The few gifts she would accept – a hamburger, a blanket, a bag of cherries – were small. But the gift she gave was enormous: She activated compassion and drew her neighborhood closer together.

Children with fathers are less likely to repeat a grade, more likely to get A's and more likely to enjoy school.

There are others out there like me who value the ability to be vulnerable, honest and real as it relates to the adventure of fatherhood. 

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

It would be easier in Memphis than anywhere else on Earth to feature 200 songs in honor of our city's 200th anniversary, but this list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive – not even close!

Childhood trauma is commonplace — 52% of adults in Shelby County have had at least one adverse childhood experience, which includes such problems as abuse, neglect, domestic violence or parental suicide. Yet Shelby County Schools often lack the resources to respond to it.

Fortunately, I’m not alone on my journey to complete a successful Ramadan. One of the best parts of this month is that it brings my family closer, whether it is by breaking our fast together, going to the mosque for night prayers or simply spending time together.

We are closer than we think culturally. This discovery is backed by Explore Bike Share’s robust data, which shows that the most activated stations are in our public parks and shared spaces. We are closer to being the city we want to be. 

Many millennials are choosing to walk away from the church rather than continue to be isolated from the conversation, fellowship and decision-making.

Just City's clients report higher wages, more stable hours and healthier families because they were able to get better jobs after expungement of their records.