From Columbia Journalism Review: The future of nonprofit news organizations has hit an unexpected roadblock in the agency that determines their tax-exempt status: The Internal Revenue Service. Nonprofit news organizations...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: Earlier this week we looked at what a large city can do to increase the efficiency of its bus service in a high-density corridor. In Manhattan, bus stops are so crowded that transit officials must find ways...
Read MoreThere are times when we hypnotize ourselves with our own hyperbole. There are many positive developments under way in Memphis, but our city has no margin for error. As a result, elected...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: When it comes to the holy trinity of art, architecture, and religion, few buildings are more significant than the 1898 Methodist Church in Norwalk, Connecticut. Anchoring a main street, the Romanesque-style...
Read MoreFrom Terrain.org: What does America’s oldest city have in common with one of its youngest? The urge to define itself. St. Augustine, Florida, launched its initiative in 1715 by petitioning the King of Spain for a coat of...
Read MoreMap of Long Range Transportation Plan Projects It’s easier to think of reasons why the University of Memphis should have kept football coach Larry Porter than reasons we should keep the Memphis MPO. The MPO (Memphis Urban Area...
Read MoreBy Neal Peirce, Citiwire.net: DETROIT — “We stand with Occupy Wall Street. We’re inspired by the organizing we’ve seen… It catches the moment.” But the group PolicyLink, meeting here last week with 2,300 community organizers,...
Read MoreThe national search for the first head of EDGE seems to be coming to a close, and it sounds like we will once again make the safe choice. While we have a bias for finding the best people...
Read MoreFrom Governing: Fresh out of Boston University and working as an admissions officer there, I showed my boss applications from four students with nearly identical credentials. Why, I asked, were three of them rejected while the...
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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 →