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Category: Commentary

Small footprints in a cement sidewalk.
Posted inCommentary

Even if you pick and choose data, curfews don’t work

by Mike Males December 14, 2022January 16, 2023

Editor’s note: Earlier this year, following several high-profile incidents, Memphis City Council member Rhonda Logan called for stricter enforcement of a youth curfew that says youths 16 and under can not be in a public place after 10 p.m.; for 17-year-olds the curfew would begin at 11 p.m. We asked researcher Mike Males to write […]

Posted inCommentary

Take the slavery language out of the constitution

by Rev. Dr. Daryll H. Coleman November 4, 2022November 7, 2022
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Neither Tennessee, nor 10-year-olds, are equipped for childhood pregnancies

by Dr. Katrina Green July 21, 2022July 21, 2022
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Peppertree residents want to be safe. Why is that a nuisance?

by Kevin McKenzie April 20, 2022April 22, 2022
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Journalist Ida B. Wells’ words hit mark more than century later regarding Byhalia Pipeline

by Carrington J. Tatum July 16, 2021July 16, 2021
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