Thumbnail: Memphis and Shelby County PILOT programs raise questions on their return on investment, failing to improve key measurements of success. And yet, the programs remain largely unquestioned by elected officials and others who have fiduciary responsibilities for local government.
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Thumbnail: If the Memphis economy is to reboot after the pandemic, the focus needs to be on structural issues that are ice on the wings of the recovery. After the Great Recession, Memphis returned to business as usual and squandered the chance to fundamentally improve the economy. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself.
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Thumbnail: Donald Trump’s latest dog whistle with its underlying implications about the threats to the suburbs by Black and brown people fails on the facts: people of color are making up more and more of the suburbs and life goes on.
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Thumbnail: City of Memphis has yet another magic number for the size of its police force. It continues the arrest and jail philosophy that has largely failed to develop a balanced crime-fighting plan that includes prevention and intervention. City Council is being asked to go on record in favor of a 2,800 police force but without the other critical elements to reducing crime.
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Thumbnail: It’s rare friend and minister who takes the time to listen…without judgement and without debate…and with only the objective of understanding and deepening our own understanding of our faith and our lives. A Leonard Cohen song gives me comfort today
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Thumbnail: It’s hard to find meaning from tragic deaths like Steven Montgomery’s last week, and in the midst of our shared grief, we have the eulogy by Rev. William Sloane Coffin that Steve would have had us read today. Our condolences to his wife, Patti; daughter, Sumita; and son, Aaron (A.J.).
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There are some people whose deaths make me feel that the universe is quaking. Rev. Steve...
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Thumbnail: All the popular talking points about closing the African American wealth gap would not result by doing any of them.
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Thumbnail: University of Memphis’ Professor Emeritus in Economics David Ciscel says the metro economy is tumbling in June but will likely appear good when even worse July numbers come in. Meanwhile, basic economic problems will last longer than the pandemic.
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Thumbnail: Rule breakers on mask wearing have the power over employees as a result of their intimidation and irrationality. It calls on the rest of us to show the political will to support public health.
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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 →