Black Arts Alliance Enters Its Fourth Decade of Impact
Lar’Juanette Williams has played many roles in her extensive acting career but none means more to...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | May 1, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Economic Development
Lar’Juanette Williams has played many roles in her extensive acting career but none means more to...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 27, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice
The violent crime rate for the first quarter of this year dashed all hopes that the dip from a...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 25, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, State Government, Tennessee Legislature
The good news is the Tennessee Legislature, especially the super-majority from all the po-dunk...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 19, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice
Logo of Newark Street Team. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland was elected to reduce crime and...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Posted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 17, 2023 | John Branston, Livability
By John Branston Everything old is new again, sort of, in the world of Memphis sports. It’s...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 13, 2023 | Federal Government, Federal Policy, Politics and Government
Let me get this straight. The people protesting with anti-mask and anti-vaccine signs that read,...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 10, 2023 | Leadership, State Government
There’s no question, if there ever was one, about the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee...
Read MorePosted by Smart City Memphis | Apr 4, 2023 | Civil Rights, Leadership
While the country celebrates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is hard for us here to...
Read Moreby 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 →
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