What The National Civil Rights Museum Means To Memphis
There’s a tendency in our community for pessimism to overwhelm signs of progress and for negative...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 5, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature | 1
There’s a tendency in our community for pessimism to overwhelm signs of progress and for negative...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jul 11, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Poverty, Uncategorized | 4
By Ava Crofford (they/them) croffoaa@mail.uc.edu This article is to bring awareness to digital...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 27, 2024 | Civil Rights, Poverty | 0
All of us of a certain age have special memories of Rev. James Lawson, who died June 9 at the age...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 20, 2024 | Civil Rights, Education | 0
By John Branston Things could be worse. And they have been, for Memphis and for the country. May...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 22, 2024 | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, State Government | 3
Pending in the Tennessee Legislature is the latest magic crimefighting answer by right wing legislators – blended sentencing. As usual, the legislature is pushing ahead in the face of research that questions blended...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 8, 2024 | Civil Rights, Leadership | 0
It was April 5, 1968, and less than 24 hours had passed since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 12, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Civil Rights, Politics and Government, State Government | 0
Simple rule in life: the best way to avoid being called a racist is not to act like one. That...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 18, 2024 | Civil Rights, Uncategorized | 0
As we look ahead to a new year, I have asked some Memphians who care deeply about their city’s...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 18, 2023 | Civil Rights, Poverty | 2
Poverty is a choice. Not the cliched “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” attitude that treats...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 13, 2023 | Civil Rights, Leadership | 1
The scourge of human history is anti-Semitism. The history of homo sapiens is pockmarked with epic...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jul 5, 2023 | Civil Rights | 3
In light of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on 303 Creative v. Elenis, I can now act on...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 15, 2023 | Civil Rights, John Branston | 0
By John Branston It was like meeting Mickey Mantle or Ike (President Eisenhower, for younger...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.