by Madison Ambrose | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
Tennesseans have been protesting against systemic racism and police brutality since June, joining other states in demanding justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, two Black Americans killed by police officers earlier this year. The murders of Floyd and Taylor...
by Hanna McCarthy | Apr 4, 2020 | University of Memphis
*Photo by Toby Sells, Creative Commons Zero License On February 18, 2020 the Memphis City Council held a public meeting in which one significant agenda item was to discuss development plans for the Mid-South Fairgrounds. A deeper look to the heart of this issue...
by Madison Taylor | Apr 2, 2020 | University of Memphis
On Thursday, February 13, 2020, Tennessee’s Republican governor Bill Lee delivered his State of the State address for West Tennessee at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. While his address focused primarily on economic development and promotion of better benefits for...
by James Phifer | Apr 2, 2019 | University of Memphis
With the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, what most activists see as the birth of the gay rights movement in the United States, mere months away, it looks as if Tennessee will be taking a step backwards when it comes to LGBT rights. The...
by Allison Todd | Mar 31, 2019 | University of Memphis
When I was a child, I would ever-so-often hear my mother ask my grandmother what had happened in the most recent election commission meeting; my grandmother, active in the local political sphere as an opinion writer, would gladly tell her everything. I would always...
