By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel J. M. Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
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Tag: COVID-19
The Eviction Crisis
Stormy days are ahead unless we do something “I think if we want our recovery from the growing eviction issue to look the way we…
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SB 30 Episode 53: An On-Coming Tidal Wave and Tools to Stop It
“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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‘You can’t educate dead kids’: 80 gather to protest in-person instruction in Memphis
Feature Image: About 80 people gathered at Shelby County Schools’ central office on Tuesday afternoon to protest in-person instruction. (Laura Faith Kebede / Chalkbeat) Laura Faith…
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Shelby County Schools board contenders talk pandemic, state testing, and ASD transition
Feature Image: Chalkbeat Tennessee moderates a forum on Zoom with candidates vying for seats in Shelby County districts 5 and 7. Bill Dries, The Daily…
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Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.
Originally published July 16, 2020, by Baris Gursakal, for High Ground News A national wave of evictions loom as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to build…
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In the drive to reopen schools, Tennessee is distributing millions of face masks to teachers and students
Feature Image: The Tennessee Department of Health recommends that teachers, students, and staff wear face coverings to curb spread of the coronavirus during the upcoming…
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SB 30 Episode 52: Developments, new construction during the pandemic, with ArchInc’s Chooch Pickard
“The first obvious one that will be effected for quite some time is office space. Employers and employees are realizing a lot of work can…
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“I feel afraid for my life.” Jail detainees testify to COVID-19 risks
Feature image: A rolling protest outside outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center May 21 called for the release of people held at the…
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Tennessee schools with coronavirus cases may not close next school year. Here’s why.
Feature Image: Tennessee officials are urging local school leaders to keep children in traditional school settings if possible in 2019-20 as the coronavirus pandemic moves…
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