Memphis sanitation workers marker goes up Saturday to honor men who died in '68
Near Sea Isle and Colonial, a marker will recognize the two men whose deaths in a compacter triggered the sanitation strike.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: What will Memphis get from the governor's free tuition...
If Gov. Bill Haslam’s Tennessee Promise plan, which would give free tuition to any two-year state school for high school graduates, sounds familiar, it should.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Ex-offender's quest for driver's license tests patience,...
For the last three years, Charles Hadley gamely endured hourslong rides on an inefficient bus system.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Germantown senator's "Turn Away the Gays" bill bad for...
In an economy still dazed by the recession, any business that decides to alienate customers isn’t thinking straight.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Barriers to breast cancer screening, treatment cost Memphis...
The barriers to breast cancer screening and treatment are costing black women their lives.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Memphis gay community center, LGBT equality grow together
Sunday marks 25 years since the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center was chartered.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Pickler pushes public education onto "12 Years a Slave"...
The red “StandUp4PublicSchools” wristband that “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen wore Sunday when he accepted the Oscar for Best Picture? It was a gift from David Pickler.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: 12 invitations to "12 Years a Slave"
Before students have a chance to explore how slavery intertwines with poverty and inequality today, here's 12 other invitations to "12 Years a Slave."
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Memphis to sell Forrest Park marker if Confederate group...
Don't be surprised if you see an ad like this soon: For sale: One "Forrest Park" 1,000-pound, 10-foot granite marker.
View Article$28 million renovation of National Civil Rights Museum nearly complete
Here's a sneak peek at the new and improved National Civil Rights Museum.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Angry GOP legislators teach Fisk student a lesson on democracy
The biggest mistake Justin Jones made asking legislators to amend voter ID laws? Assuming the political process was meant for him.
View ArticleInequality in Memphis: 46 years after his death, King's prescription to end...
In no other large U.S. city is poverty more pronounced than in Memphis, the poorest metro area in the nation.
View ArticlePublic invited to hear poverty and class lecturer in Memphis
Assisi Foundation brings class and poverty lecturer to Christian Brothers University Thursday.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Symphony chair, doctor give gift of music to Haitian teen
Memphis philanthropist Gayle Rose and Dr. Susan Nelson teamed up to grant the wish of a budding Haitian flutist.
View ArticleInequality in Memphis: A tale of two neighborhoods
The geography of economic segregation is not unique to Memphis, but the degree is unparalleled.
View ArticleInequality in Memphis: Wharton proposes a roadmap out of poverty, into...
An exclusive first look at the details in Mayor A C Wharton's eight-point "Blueprint for Prosperity," a plan to lower the poverty rate from 27 percent to 17 percent in 10 years. Is it realistic?
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: If no one hears a rape victim scream, was she really...
Is a rape legitimate only if someone hears the victim scream? Some online commenters think so.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Remembering Maya Angelou, who taught us we were phenomenal...
Before I could articulate what feminism is, I knew Maya.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Was Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks right?
The private sector provides clues about minority/women-owned business participation in municipal governments.
View ArticleWendi C. Thomas: Black-, women- and Hispanic-owned businesses get tiny share...
Shelby County hasn't tracked the share of contracts awarded to minority/women business enterprises (MWBEs) in more than 20 years. It abandoned race-conscious programs in favor of race-neutral methods...
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