By Andre Dean, Dean & Associates The aspirations, dreams, and concerns of Memphis youth are invaluable and should be given the opportunity to actively contribute…
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Category: Opinion
Featuring local opinions and editorials from all over Memphis
Lament for a lost diner
For this writer, when the day comes and if I have a choice of a last meal, I want it to be in a diner…
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The Mid-South Coliseum, the “People’s Building,” must be given more fair grounds to work with
For the sake of soul and $52 million*, The Coliseum, and Memphis communities, deserve better StoryBoard Memphis was founded with the mission to support local…
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The tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
It’s one of the most important legal cases in American history, a story most Americans know nothing about, and a story that continues to echo…
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Fifty-seven years later, it still reminds us what it’s all about
A True Christmas Message It starts unassumingly enough, with snowflakes lightly falling backed by the twinkling keys of what is one of the most celebrated jazz…
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No Place Like Home: Playhouse’s THE WIZARD OF OZ Brings Joy & Memories
It’s rare these days – and all the more warm and wonderful when it does happen – that we get to experience something wholly fresh…
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Bluff City or Pump City? Memphis Gas Station Zoning
Leave it to Memphis to be a city where gas stations are a frequent topic for cocktail party conversations. Ask twelve people their thoughts about…
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The Story Behind the Picture: A Discovery in Plain Site
photos by Mark Fleischer It came to us with a built-in headline and a dose of skepticism: “Ernest Withers at the Till Trial.” Instantly intriguing.…
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A Little Passion in Our Compassion
A Little Passion in Our Compassion Another tragedy unfolds, generating an outpouring of grief, sympathy, and, in some cases, anger. On the whole, people—and our…
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Opinion: I may fear, but I will go
For activist TM Garret, the January 15 crisis at the Texas synagogue was yet another reminder of the fears we now face daily Feature image…
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