Memphis is a shrinking city.We’re not talking about the slight decrease in the raw population numbers since 2000. Rather, we’re talking about the practical impact of significant population losses in the traditional city –...
Read MoreYou can count us among those civil liberties advocates who were expected to oppose the Tennessee Constitutional amendment being pushed by a cadre of elected officials that include Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton, Attorney General...
Read MoreChange is in the air and we’ve got the numbers to prove it on today’s show. At a time when tax revenues are declining and city budgets are strained, our first guest has a modest proposal that could produce big...
Read MoreIn a previous life as a journalist, one of us had an editor fond of yelling at offending reporters who failed to bring back a story: “There are no bad cities. Only bad reporters.”Clearly, it’s an adage that applies just as aptly...
Read MoreNancy Coffee is president and CEO of Leadership Academy:”The state of the economy calls for action bold and swift.” The remark by Barack Obama in his inaugural address is one that resonates with the mission and the work of...
Read MoreBeverly Robertson is executive director of National Civil Rights Museum:It is my hope that we can galvanize a substantial base of young people to assume leadership roles in this community and become engaged in the political...
Read MoreAnthony Siracusa is the guiding force behind Revolutions Community Bicycle Shop:My dream is a city with flocks of bicycle commuters riding to work each morning. I dream of schoolchildren riding with their parents in to school,...
Read MoreAs we enter a new year, we asked a number of Memphians for their resolutions, observations, and insights for 2009. We continue to post them today.
Read MoreAC Wharton is Mayor of Shelby County:To use an old phrase, the end of the year 2008 and the beginning of the year of 2009 represent the worst of times and the best of times. It is the worst of times in terms of our country’s...
Read MoreShea Flinn is a Memphis City Councilman:The word change was beaten into the ground, dug up, and beaten into the ground again in 2008. But we as a city and a country did go through a transformation. For me this was beautifully...
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