by Gene Pearson and Louise Mercuro (RSS) Uncategorized | June 14th, 2010 12:05am CDT | 13 Comments
Say it out loud – yours, mine, ours – that’s how we should view the merger of Memphis and Shelby County governments. Consolidation would leave the functions of government outside of Memphis alone. The six smaller municipalities would have their levels of services/taxes decided by themselves. The unincorporated areas would be subject to annexation by [...]
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.
