by Barry Chase (RSS) Uncategorized | January 3rd, 2010 10:36pm CDT | 5 Comments
For the very first time in American history, after about 100 years of discussion, the United States Senate has passed a comprehensive health care reform bill. This is an historic accomplishment, but it comes at an unacceptable price for American women. Obstacles to private health insurance coverage for abortion were included in the bill to [...]
by Barry Chase (RSS) Uncategorized | December 1st, 2009 10:33pm CDT | Comments Off
The University of Memphis is in the process of hiring a new head football coach. Tommy West, current coach, was fired after nine years and although Tommy is almost universally liked, he has not been successful enough to make the University a leader in Conference USA football. Just as in every other endeavor/business, you can [...]
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
This ongoing series of photographs is intended to show the daily lives of these single mothers in order to invoke recognition of their similarities to all mothers, along with understanding and empathy from the viewer of the strengths that these single mothers possess within the challenging situations they face. My hope is that newfound empathy with these mothers’ lives will give people some pause before they condemn single mothers when discussing issues such as welfare and other politically charged hot buttons.
