Local Memphis architect and planner Andy Kitsinger is now writing a regular column for the highly respected Planning Commissioners’ Journal. He is a principal consultant at The Development Studio, a firm focused on...
Read MoreFrom Wall Street Journal: For the latest evidence of the town-gown divide, look no further than New Jersey, where earlier this summer residents of Princeton banded together to sue the prestigious school in their backyard. The...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: It’s September, which for many of us is synonymous with heading back to school or back to work. And for many newly minted college graduates, it means revving up their job search. For grads who...
Read MoreFrom Twisted Sifter: If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to...
Read MoreFrom citiwire.net: By Neal Peirce For a half century and more, there’s been an ugly abandonment scene across America – factories, malls, gas stations, superstores abruptly closing and fleeing sites in cities and towns. They...
Read MoreTiffany and Briana live a few miles from each other, but their lives are worlds apart. Five-year-old Tiffany lives in South Memphis, where the stress of her family’s poverty is an everyday presence in her life. There is...
Read MoreFrom New York Times’ Opinionator: When I was growing up in Gary, Ind., nearly a quarter of American workers were employed in the manufacturing sector. There were plenty of jobs at the time that paid well enough for a...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: Human mental bandwidth is finite. You’ve probably experienced this before (though maybe not in those terms): When you’re lost in concentration trying to solve a problem like a broken computer, you’re more...
Read MoreThe following is from one of our favorite sites, Memphis Connect: Okay, so a teen-pop idol did a teen-pop dance at a teen-pop award show. Whoop-dee-do. Meanwhile in Memphis, hugely awesome things are happening while everyone...
Read MoreCongratulations to our friend and inspiration Carol Coletta for her much-deserving ranking as one of the 50 most powerful and influential people in the nonprofit arts world in the U.S. Carol maintains dual citizenship (now...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →