Shelby Countians are preparing to execute the largest election in decades; some are saying in history. The stake in this election has been high; for decades the county has run virtually on E. H. Crump era politics. The Republican officials, there has been only 1 or 2 Democrats who have won a countywide election, have been […]
July 19, 2014 by Memphis Wireblog
Sure, we’re living in a free country, but our politics are as different as the sun and the moon. Over the last few years, our political views have reached the extremities unlike any other period in our nation’s history. Among black Americans, we’ve lived through an ecliptic […]
April 24, 2014 by Memphis Wireblog
There’s a fundamental difference in America’s representative democracy and other democracies as well as how democratic politics apply to our lives; simply; politics is about the future and how to get there; over the years; our political processes have maintained a level of public confidence and our laws have to protect the election process; other […]
November 16, 2013 by Memphis Wireblog
Some people would say that politics is a dirty business; business; yes; but dirty; no! Politics is about the future; one can see the future by what’s on the table via policies. The best-managed communities have the best policies; communities that thrive and are productive are those with the best political systems; not who’s elected; […]
April 17, 2012 by Memphis Wireblog
We have an indictment for second degree murder in the Trayvon Martin case, and the defendant has been jailed to await his trial. The war is not over, but the initial battle has been won, and won with the weapons of voices raised in protest and the persistent will of the people. The momentum of […]
February 22, 2012 by Memphis Wireblog
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL CITY Whereas Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968… Whereas no appropriate monument dedicated to this architect of a better United States of America is currently erect in Memphis, Tennessee… Whereas Memphis, Tennessee is predominantly populated by people of color, yet there is not one definitive […]
August 30, 2011 by Memphis Wireblog
There are those who believe that Memphis is the worst city in the nation and there’s nothing that can be done about it; not so, says Mayoral candidate Edmund Ford Sr. His vision for Memphis was well laid out during his campaign kickoff this week. An impressive crowd of about 300 core supporters attend his […]
August 4, 2014 by Memphis Wireblog
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