by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | July 9th, 2010 5:14pm CDT | 3 Comments
Yesterday was a good day for Shelby County Interim Mayor Joe Ford. Between the televised debate with his opponent for Shelby County mayor and the pomp and circumstance of the announcement of $40 million for The Med, it may be the day that we look back and say, that was the day the Ford campaign [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Shelby County government | May 11th, 2010 4:11pm CDT | 20 Comments
Remember the old political adage: Whenever someone tells you it’s not about sex, it always is. When they tell you that you shouldn’t take it personally, you should. When they tell you it’s not about money, you can bet it is. And when a Republican State Senator tells you that a bill isn’t about ethnic [...]
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.
