Mark Norris sees himself as the Bobby Fischer of the Tennessee Legislature: the smartest guy in the room, the game as everything, the lack of respect for the opposition, and the obsession to win. This was never more obvious as...
Read MoreShelby County Commissioner Mike Carpenter and Memphis City Schools Commissioner Martavius Jones today delivered letters to senators in the Tennessee Legislature calling for fairness for Memphis regarding school issues. Here is...
Read MoreA goup of Portlanders have posted this video in response to the city’s famed “20 Minute Neighborhood” map with a more nuanced version of why they have chosen to live and work in the “mecca of...
Read More Memphis voters are more than 2 to 1 in favor of consolidating Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools. When asked their view of transferring Memphis City Schools to Shelby County Schools: — 56.2% said they are...
Read MoreMetro Council members are questioning a bill introduced by Mayor Karl Dean and his administration that critics say would give too much power to the mayor’s office in determining what companies receive tax incentives in return...
Read MoreMetro Council members are questioning a bill introduced by Mayor Karl Dean and his administration that critics say would give too much power to the mayor’s office in determining what companies receive tax incentives in return...
Read MoreIt’s nothing short of hypocritical for us to wring our hands over the D’s and F’s given to Memphis City Schools students in the Tennessee Department of Education report card. After all, that’s exactly what we as a city...
Read MoreWith all the reports and research that we read, it takes a lot to stagger us. But that’s exactly what the report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York did when it concluded that our peer cities are Shreveport, Monroe,...
Read MoreThere hasn’t been a group of white politicians working this hard to keep a majority black constituency from voting since the days of the poll tax. Now that we think of it, we wish we hadn’t even mentioned the poll tax, such is...
Read MoreWe received this commentary from a Memphis City Schools teacher: Let it be said that during the current Memphis City Schools charter debate, one expert opinion has not been sought: the teachers. As a teacher in the system, I...
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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 →