Maybe the Sons of the Confederacy are right. We should not rewrite history. But that requires us to write it right in the first place. Let’s put the names of real heroes on our parks and monuments, such as nationally prominent...
Read MoreJust when there is an encouraging new energy and a feeling of momentum here, we are reminded of the nagging lack of self-worth that surfaces too often in this...
Read MoreWe received the following post from Matthew Timberlake in the wake of the murderous evil that took place last night at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. : By Matt Timberlake You know what you can do to end racism? You can...
Read MoreDiscussions about the living wage sometimes are treated like a dry, abstract subject debated by economists without it being connected to real people and real economic growth. In Memphis, the living wage is in truth a strategy...
Read MoreAs we have written here previously, Memphis has one of the largest percentage of youths between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither working nor in school. It creates a sizable obstacle to our success as a cit,y but more to...
Read MoreOverton Park has been a special place in Memphis for more than a century, but it’s rapidly becoming the exemplar for the top priority set out seven years ago in Sustainable Shelby: creation of a great public realm. It was a...
Read MoreBrookings reports that many U.S. cities, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary, still retain a sizable middle class. Memphis was near the top of the list of cities where the middle class hollowed out as the 20th century...
Read MoreSo much of the success – or the difficulties – of our students in the classroom is set in place by developmental experiences in the first years of their lives. And often, the factors that influence whether children succeed are...
Read MoreThere’s a lack of pretension, conceit, and guile that lies at the heart of what Memphis is. Perhaps it comes from the fact that the character of the city was fundamentally shaped by the people from the edge: rivermen and African...
Read MoreWe often point proudly to Memphis’ history as a place where innovative, smart entrepreneurs have charted new paths and defied predictions. We know the names: from...
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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 →