It is a difficult time to be a healthcare professional in the Mid-South. All of us have had to continuously change as we adapt to a…
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Dateline: Memphis September 16, 2020
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,…
Read More Dateline: Memphis September 16, 2020The 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…
Read More The Eviction CrisisMass 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…
Read More Mass evictions are coming. This South Memphis nonprofit is part of the solution.“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…
Read More “I feel afraid for my life.” Jail detainees testify to COVID-19 risksArkansas transplant feels adrift in Memphis when pandemic hits
Feature image: Sha’Kira Carroll cooks at her home. Self-portrait by Sha’Kira Carroll. “I was worried about losing my job; I still worry. They’ve had to…
Read More Arkansas transplant feels adrift in Memphis when pandemic hitsSaturday school is out. Memphis district lays out options for school year calendar.
Feature Image: Parents and students walk to Delano Optional School in Memphis on the first day of school last year. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat) Laura Faith Kebede,…
Read More Saturday school is out. Memphis district lays out options for school year calendar.14 year-old Memphis entrepreneur launches line of fashion masks for pandemic protection
Feature Image: Imani Polk launched Masked by Imani, a line of fashionable face mask, just before her fourteenth birthday. Polk is a Memphis native and…
Read More 14 year-old Memphis entrepreneur launches line of fashion masks for pandemic protectionCorner Stores: A South Memphis love story
Feature Image: Rufus Sykes cracks a smile as he holds the door open for a customer at the South Memphis Grocery on West Mallory Avenue.…
Read More Corner Stores: A South Memphis love storyWhen COVID-19 relief didn’t come, Douglass residents stepped up for their own
By Ashley Davis, for High Ground News There’s been a flood of relief efforts in response to Covid-19, but are resources getting to the Memphis…
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