Opinion: Protecting affordable housing for people with disabilities
“People with disabilities are entitled to lead fulfilled, enriched lives. But an affordable house alone cannot sustain community living when a person also needs daily support.”
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October 2026
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Opinion: Blackburn’s video was silly. The reaction was even sillier.
“Blackburn’s critics turned a campaign joke into a racial indictment — and treated their outrage as evidence.”
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Echols: Garage Adidas and the fragrance of Jesus
“I may be on an island with this one, but I would even go so far as to say everybody has their own fragrance. If you stick around someone else’s house long enough, their scent will stay with you for a while.”
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Opinion: ‘No map drawn for political purposes can change who we are’
“Lines have been drawn across neighborhoods, separating people who share streets, schools, churches and hopes for their children. But we are still one Memphis. And when the election is over, we will still be neighbors.”
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Opinion: Can life be reduced to a suitcase?
“Try packing a suitcase and see what life lessons we can learn from it. Be discerning in what to put in and what to leave out.”
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Opinion: Amendment 1 will build safer communities for Tennessee families
“When dangerous offenders are released on bond and commit more crimes, innocent Tennesseans pay the price. If Amendment 1 passes in November, judges in our community and statewide will have the authority they need to keep violent offenders in custody.”
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Opinion: Amendment 1 would surrender Tennessee’s 230-year right to bail
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Opinion: Amendment 1 would surrender Tennessee’s 230-year right to bail
“Amendment 1 would change that balance by allowing people to be detained without bail based solely on an accusation, before a jury has heard the evidence. The question before voters on Nov. 3 is whether we are willing to surrender a constitutional protection that has stood for 230 years.”
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Opinion: FedEx Cares and American Red Cross to raise smoke alarm awareness
“Home fires are the nation’s most frequent disaster, impacting far more people than hurricanes, floods or tornadoes. These emergencies can devastate a family in a matter of minutes, destroying homes, cherished possessions and, in the worst cases, taking lives.”
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Opinion: Councilman Spinosa says ‘Memphis has been given a false choice on data centers. There’s a better way.’
“On AI, Memphis does not have to choose between protecting residents and welcoming investment. We can write tougher rules, make developers pay their way and still compete for the billions of dollars pouring into this industry.”
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Echols: ‘Top Five Moments I Was Glad to Be a Memphian’
“For me, a regular mom with nothing to prove, just coming up with Top Five List topics sounded like fun.”
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Opinion: Why are we still talking about the same breast cancer disparities?
“I love Memphis. But loving this city doesn’t mean staying quiet about where we’re failing. Women living miles from excellent cancer care can struggle to get a mammogram, afford follow-up testing or find a ride to treatment. We should be embarrassed.”
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Opinion: Grandchildren are truly one of God’s best ideas.
“Most of us eventually discover that our personal fulfillment is not the result of material wealth or presents. Personal fulfillment is an accumulation of priceless blessings like family and friends, good health, patience, perseverance, courage, faith in oneself, and service to others.”
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Opinion: Covington on protests and ‘the politics of spectacle’
“A public meeting belongs to the whole community. Being loud does not make you right, being angry does not make you righteous, and neither gives you the right to silence everyone else.”
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Opinion: Memphis could become a spring break destination for LGBTQ families
“What if we made a concerted effort to welcome LGBTQ families from across the country? It’s an opportunity worth pursuing, particularly as Memphis faces challenges to some of its traditional tourism draws.”
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Opinion: Financial literacy isn’t optional. Getting it right shouldn’t be either.
Tennessee has the nation’s third-highest rate of personal bankruptcies. To address this crisis, Junior Achievement’s new ready-to-teach financial literacy course is available to every public high school in the state at no cost.
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Opinion: ‘Memphis needs more pathways to opportunity. CBU is one of them.’
“CBU has faced real challenges in recent years. We should not minimize them, and we should not allow them to define us. Our responsibility is to make the choices necessary to ensure this university can continue serving students and Memphis for generations to come.”
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Opinion: The head of the Bodine School on the importance of addressing dyslexia
“One in five people have some level of dyslexia. The challenge is that society must be aware of how prevalent dyslexia is in our world and actively support the dyslexic community.”
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Echols: ‘What we take in, be it book or bite, will inevitably impact how we live.’
“What knowledge is obsolete, what knowledge is rock solid, and who — pray tell — is qualified to make such distinctions?”
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Opinion: Heidi Kuhn believes West Tennessee is ‘being left behind’
“The 8th District is more than lines drawn on a political map. It is families, farms, neighborhoods, small businesses, cities and rural communities that together make up a vital part of Tennessee.”
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Maxey: ‘Life’s unceasing flow through time is a reality we sometimes forget’
“I try to remind myself daily to have purpose behind whatever I do, to make the day count. For starters, that’s how I give thanks for the miracle of simply being here.”
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Opinion: What’s to become of old-school moderate Democrats?
“The obvious rift between Steve Cohen and Justin Pearson reflects a larger national divide between an older Democratic tradition and a rising — and increasingly radicalized — progressive movement.”
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Echols: ‘Dear Freshmen: Sorry we didn’t warn you’
“We left out the boredom of Saturday afternoons, the awkwardness of Tuesday lunches and the monotony of late nights in the library. Perhaps we could have fleshed out the hard parts with instead of airbrushing the whole, big thing.”
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Opinion: Former Mayor Wharton on how violence intervention and law enforcement make a difference
“I am not exaggerating when I tell you gunshots used to awaken me almost every night, or that patching the bullet holes in our roof used to be an annual expense. I am also not exaggerating when I say it’s gotten a lot better.”
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Opinion: When can we stop being tough?
“I’d keep the towels and I’d keep the pride. But I’d like to think of ‘Grit and Grind’ as something we remember rather than an ideal to live up to. Grit should describe what we’ve survived. Let’s figure out how we want to describe the next chapter.”
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Opinion: The beauty of the face we’ve earned
“For all the effort human beings have devoted to extending life, it is strange that we have become so uncomfortable looking as though we have actually lived one. Because there is tremendous beauty in an old face.”
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