“Today we are going to be talking about housing, and what is really a set of crises as a result of the pandemic and economic…
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By Tom Jones, Smart City Memphis There are some people whose deaths make me feel that the universe is quaking. Rev. Steve Montgomery, who died this…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 31, 2020 – Slingshot Memphis and MDRC today announce a collaborative, working partnership in Memphis, Tennessee — the first of its kind in the…
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Prison Stories “I ran like she told me to do. A neighbor man grabbed me up and carried me across the street to his porch…
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A much-needed program, now over, that resonates through today’s Black Lives Matter movement Originally published in the November 2018 print edition of StoryBoard By Elaine…
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Vivien Mildenberger paints a picture of an obscure Tennessee figure in the fight for women’s suffrage By Julie Danielson for Chapter16.org In 1920, Harry Burn…
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Meet your wild neighbors Wednesdays and Saturdays What better way to start your day than with a leisurely morning stroll around Mertie’s Lake and through…
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The 2020 Southern Festival of Books takes its stellar roster of authors online By Humanities Tennessee, for Chapter16.org This year, book lovers around the country…
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Feature image: Allyson Smith helps lead a June 5, 2020, protest that proceeded through Cooper-Young and denounced police brutality and racist systems. Photo by Andrea…
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