"I was drawn to Teach For America because school was my safe haven away from the chaos at home when I was growing up."

Forever Young Senior Veterans returned 14 veterans, ages 93 to 102, to Belgium in September to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. On these Trips of Honor, the goal is to return the men to the exact locations where they fought.

"The amount of money given is a symbol of the love that comes with it. We bask in that love."

When we drive a vehicle to the grocery store and add a little extra carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, it doesn’t come out again quickly. For our lives, and those of our children and grandchildren, it’s there to stay.

'Imagine someone wrote you a letter describing who you are, what you need to do, and how you should go about it. Imagine it wasn’t someone you really knew, and yet they act like they know you better than you know yourself. That’s kinda how we feel.'

'I feel a restlessness from our youth in poverty. They want more and I believe as well as the Scouts that they deserve better. They see the haves and have-nots. They know this is not right.'

If you got paid $100 per person for a gig in 1995, you probably still get paid $100 per person for that gig in 2019. In 2020, I hope we’ll demand fair pay for musicians, and be clear about what that means. Fair pay does not equal ‘exposure’ or beer or a sandwich.

More than 26,000 runners participated in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon races, but few generated the kind of outpouring that occurred when Rhodes College senior and former St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient Adam Cruthirds took his final steps of the full marathon.

As newcomers arrive, whether new employees or hotel operators, billion-dollar real estate developers or ag-tech firms, we import not only their ideas but also their competitive edge.

As a youngster, the writer thought thank-you notes were drudgery at best, acts of dishonesty at worst. Now, she thinks that if gratitude is a feeling, a written note might be its physical embodiment.

To understand the ramifications of modifying the Kendrick Consent Decree, we must understand the history that led to the necessity of such a decree in the first place.

My family has been visited by death, near death and deadly threat, by deceit and heartbreak, ... But we’ve also been visited by each other, by shared experience and gained appreciation, by children and grandchildren, by a lot of friends and a lot of delightful silliness.

This year while Scouting for Food, it was cold and drizzling, but Pack 200 collected six packed-full bags to donate to the Mid-South Food Bank.

Since its founding, Memphis Junior Science Association has provided over 215 hours of free science education to over 800 kids in six states through a variety of one-day events and long-term programs.

Somewhere in the middle of the season, "Bluff City Law" started addressing actual civil rights issues. It tackled hate speech, the right to die, conscience issues in Catholic education, and racial bias in school athletics.

We have found that it only takes one hour per month to serve as a local support system to our TN Promise students, one hour a month to be part of the magic that helps students succeed.

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.