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The Power We Hold: Our staying power between elections
This series opened with a question: Have you read your paperwork? It closes with a promise. The power we hold does not clock out when the polls close. This final…
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Memphis Grizzlies trade Ja Morant to Portland Trailblazers, AP source says
By Tim Reynolds Ja Morant is headed to Portland, after the Trail Blazers and Memphis agreed on a trade Monday that sees the Grizzlies starting anew and gives the two-time…
City Council votes unanimously to pay for AutoZone Park repairs and improvements
A $5 million funding resolution for renovations at AutoZone Park passed on a third reading walk-off during the Tuesday, June 23, Memphis City Council meeting. Council members agreed 11-0 to…
Cameron Boozer arrives as Grizzlies begin building a new core
Cameron Boozer and Cedric Coward were supposed to share a basketball future once before. It did not happen at Duke. But as Boozer sat inside FedExForum on Thursday, June 25,…
Lifestyle & Culture
Book explores how Minneapolis reflects America’s racial divide
“The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America” by Justin Ellis, c.2026, Harper, $30.00, 419 pages Two blocks up, two down. Once upon a time, that…
Entertainment
Broadway’s “SUFFS” celebrates Ida B. Wells, women’s voting rights at the Orpheum
Memphis’ cultural imprint on America didn’t start with STAX Records nor end with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Before the turn of the century, a mighty little lady named Ida…
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Seven Shelby County residents chosen for new Leadership Tennessee class
Leadership Tennessee, a nonpartisan community leadership organization, has chosen 52 participants from 12 counties in diverse sectors, including business, education, government,…
Family of Black teen found dead after boat trip agrees to inspect his cellphone with DA
By Laura Turbay and Claudia Lauer Attorneys for the family of a Black teenager who went missing during a July Fourth…
MSCS superintendent disputes public framing of state’s forensic audit, touts district progress
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Roderick Richmond is disputing the public framing of a state-ordered forensic audit, arguing the report offers…
Second person is fatally shot in Memphis in 4 days by federal task force member
By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A member of a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot and killed a person…