by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | September 5th, 2007 5:51pm CDT | Comments Off
It is understandable that African-Americans frequently feel more like prisoners of history than participants in it. After all, for more than a century, they were denied a voice – not to mention a vote – in public decisions that shaped their lives and determined their futures. Because of it, they discovered the lesson always learned [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | September 4th, 2007 5:47pm CDT | Comments Off
Our colleague Carol Coletta – now president of Chicago-based CEOs for Cities – recently spoke in Pittsburgh about the importance of young workers, a subject frequently explored here. There’s no one who understands this issue better nor explains it as well. Here’s a column that she wrote in connection with that presentation: By Carol C. [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | September 3rd, 2007 7:58pm CDT | Comments Off
Memphians aren’t really asking all that much. They aren’t looking to their mayor to paint grand visions or even act as a source of civic inspiration. These days, we’d be glad to settle for just getting the basics right. Instead, the Memphis mayor says that mayors can’t do anything about crime. He says the poor [...]
by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
