It wasn’t just the insulting language that cost Berlin Boyd his council seat. Many voters were upset that he tended to favor big business over the needs of neighborhoods.

From the time Jews landed on southern shores, they were largely accepted by the white population. But the privileges that came with whiteness were sometimes challenged.

Prosecutors in the Special Victims Unit of the Shelby County District Attorney's Office handle nearly 75 cases each year in which an elderly person is the victim of physical or financial crimes. Statistics suggest only one out of 14 cases is ever reported. 

'As faith leaders, though we may hold different views, we stand together in our belief that, because the death penalty is an irreversible sentence, state officials must take every step to ensure public trust.'

As always, the playlist has some new releases (“O.T.F.” by J. Buck and “I Feel Good” by The Sensational Barnes Brothers), and there are throwbacks in honor of the recent Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction. 

Rage and guns are a bad combination. In Memphis last weekend, eight people were shot, one of them killed, in altercations at a strip club, a convenience store and outside a Beale Street honky-tonk. On Monday, one discount store customer shot another four times. 

Memphis sports fans are enraged about the enforcement of amateurism on the immensely talented basketball center James Wiseman, arguing that the NCAA’s execution is arbitrary and biased. In fact, amateurism, by its very nature, is arbitrary and biased.

When his song “Green Onions” was racing up the charts, Booker T. Jones was a freshman at Indiana University Music School, coming home every weekend so the MG's could seize the moment by recording an album. 

If you ask about their service, you will hear stories of great joy, great sorrow and lasting friendships. From this personal contact, you will know better the soul of the American soldier, sailor, airman or Marine.

The Mighty Lights add to the Downtown living experience: Anytime you drive up or down Riverside Drive, you see this magnetic glow, like holiday lights hanging in your backyard. They make us look like the first-tier city that we are becoming.

The Kelly Report submitted to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission recommends expanding the Multi-Agency Gang Unit and ramping up data-driven policing to address gang violence.

Norma has worked as a housekeeper for the same family for 40 years. They always paid her in cash, and now, at 75, she doesn’t qualify for Medicare. Thousands who clean houses, care for children and cut grass for cash payments are shut out of the national health insurance program. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris faced a “tough crowd” at a recent meeting of Citizens For Better Service when he defended his plan to charge a $145 transit fee for households with three or more vehicles. 

Implicit in Mayor Lee Harris' $145 transit fee proposal is the notion that the county’s revenue is fully optimized, and that additional collections would be best directed toward bus subsidies, ahead of all other investments. I don’t agree with either of these assumptions.

It’s not an accident that our sports teams have invested in music. We’re a hoops city, and we’re a music city. In the metaphorical fabric of Memphis, those two threads are intertwined. File under: Things that Define Us.

We can't fit the projected growth in jobs Downtown if every employee and visitor brings a car. We need to broaden our sights, recognizing choices that include the bus and trolley, Explore Bike Share, scooters, walking and sharing rides.

The Indian-American community through its nonprofit organization, Indian Community Fund for Greater Memphis, donated $150,000 to Memphis organizations.

A murder deserves justice whether it happened yesterday or more than 160 years ago. Please join us Saturday morning at Collins Chapel CME Church. 

Gov. Bill Lee’s TennCare block grant proposal is fundamentally flawed. The plan prioritizes cost reduction, but fails to specify how exactly the state plans to curtail TennCare spending.

Memphis is near the top of the list of places in America where it simply is not safe to be a human traveling outside of a motor vehicle. About 30 pedestrians lose their lives on Memphis streets each year.

The city should set aside a fund to support Memphis youth that will ensure that the level of investment will not waver with each election.

Before he was a homecoming queen, Brandon Allen was an activist who spoke out against bullying, promoted suicide prevention, and participated in Bridge Builders and his school's LGBTQ Alliance. His work and identity have made some uncomfortable; nonconforming leaders often afflict the comfortable.

'I have seen my share of city-specific TV dramas, and I know that the first, most important rule is to slip local phrases, landmarks, traditions, etc., into the regular dialogue seamlessly.'

The mission of The Gentlemen’s League is to intervene in the lives of at-risk boys. It offers monthly workshops that cover topics such as financial literacy, dressing for success and character development.

In healing ourselves of outdated judgments, we overthrow the history that once made it natural to discredit and disrespect us: mothers, daughters, sisters, co-workers and entrepreneurs.