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<strong>The sun sets over Poplar Avenue.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)Premium Geoff Calkins

Calkins: Making Memphis madder — on a week the city best never forget

There is a single spot in Memphis where you can stand in all three congressional districts. It’s an absurdity, yes. And a cause for rage.

By Geoff Calkins May 11, 2026
Opinion

Echols: Will we recognize each other in Heaven?

“The musicians among us will be familiar with the concept of ‘tonic chord.’ It’s that set of notes in a musical score that leaves the ear — and therefore the mind and even the body — feeling settled, complete, finished, at rest.”

By Candace Echols May 10, 2026
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Opinion: ‘What have I learned today?’

“I don’t need to sing. I don’t need to dance. I don’t need to be the best writer. In short, I don’t need to chase who and what I’m not; it’s enough to be thankful for what I am and work to be the best I’m capable of being.”

By Ron Maxey May 10, 2026
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Calkins: People warned these two Memphis graduates about the city. Then they fell in love with the place.

They’re a married couple — and two of the very best students graduating from the University of Memphis Saturday. But the best part of their story is the way they’ve embraced the city they now call home.

By Geoff Calkins May 09, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: We don’t need military occupation. We need poverty eradication.
Letter to the Editor: Hiring Feagins was ‘magnificient’
Letter to the Editor: ‘I’ve never experienced concierge-level service’ for trash in Memphis
Letter to the Editor: Conaway’s COVID column included too much scolding
Letter to the Editor: Elected officials should join business leaders on crime
Letter to the Editor: Council members should be ashamed over pay and benefits votes
Letter to the Editor: TDOT needs to realize that ‘neighborhoods are not static’
Letter to the Editor: City Council should wait before raising the mayor’s salary
Letter to the Editor: Three 6 Mafia song a ‘bridge between the past and the present’

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    Opinion: Buy Now, Pay Later loans are becoming increasingly popular

    A 2025 study by the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank found that BNPL borrowers are typically female, younger, renters, and less educated; but, surprisingly, have higher household incomes.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 10, 2026
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    Luck of the draw: The Grizzlies’ past and future in the NBA Draft Lottery

    It will not shock you to read that the Memphis Grizzlies have not historically had great luck in the NBA Draft Lottery.

    By Chris Herrington May 08, 2026
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: ‘Uniting to create lasting change globally, locally and personally’

    “What we gain instead is something far more valuable: purpose, friendships and the knowledge that we are making a difference.”

    By Vijay Surpuriya May 07, 2026
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Collierville should not spend tax dollars fighting Chick-fil-A

    “I do not feel my tax dollars should be spent on a legal fight that seems to be something that everyone has allowed to go too far. We have too many other needs in the town — things that my tax dollars in the General Fund should be going to.”

    By Tim Netherton May 07, 2026
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    Herrington: Previewing NBA Draft frontcourt prospects for the Grizzlies

    The Grizzlies will have three picks in next month’s NBA Draft. What “bigs” should Memphis consider with those picks?

    By Chris Herrington May 06, 2026
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    Opinion: Why Christians across Tennessee should oppose redistricting

    “One need not support any particular politician to recognize that intentionally fragmenting the voting strength of a historic Black community carries moral consequences. We should at least have enough honesty to admit what is happening.”

    By G. Scott Morris May 06, 2026
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: On Election Day, the shameful work of erasing Memphis begins

    “They’re killing an iconic American city,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who flew in to join Tuesday’s protest. “It’s a terrible day for Memphis and it’s a terrible day for Tennessee.”

    Related content:

    Anger, disbelief and solidarity: How Memphians in Nashville are reacting to proposed redistricting

    Tennessee Legislature’s special session starts today. Here’s how it could go

    By Geoff Calkins May 05, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Previewing NBA Draft wing prospects for the Grizzlies

    In this second part of his draft prospect preview series, Chris Herrington looks at the wings available in this year’s NBA Draft.

    By Chris Herrington May 04, 2026
  • Otis Sanford

    Sanford: GOP gerrymandering of 9th District is Jim Crow racism revisited

    My mother, along with a handful of other Black Panola County residents, registered to vote during one of the most precarious times for Black people in the South. It came just six days after the bodies of three Civil Rights workers were discovered in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi.

    By Otis Sanford May 04, 2026
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    Opinion: Diversity matters in almost everything we do

    “Diversity in all its forms isn’t a problem to solve; rather, it’s a strength to embrace.”

    By G. Scott Morris May 03, 2026
  • Premium Sports

    Buckley: Kyle Petty on Memphis racing, Elvis, barbecue and more

    If IHRA plans materialize, racing will be back at a track where stock cars, trucks, hot rods and dragsters once ruled. But Kyle Petty tips his hat to the Memphis area’s sprint car roots.

    By Tim Buckley May 03, 2026
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: If Memphis really matters, don’t carve it into thirds

    “Memphis is in a corner. Memphis is its own place. To divide the 9th Congressional District into thirds would be ‘like putting the Black vote in the back of the bus.’”

    By Geoff Calkins May 03, 2026
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: The best young athlete in Memphis? Noah Schepman is an inspiration on wheels.

    When Noah Schepman was one, his dad built him a tiny wheelchair. Now Schepman’s tennis coach calls him “the fastest kid — on feet or wheels — that I’ve ever seen.”

    By Geoff Calkins May 01, 2026
  • 2026 elections Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Time for Big Shelby to come to the table — and vote

    “(This) all adds up to being arguably the most significant county primary in recent memory. And it is almost exclusively a fight among Democrats who make up a majority of the more than 432,000 active registered voters.”

    By Otis Sanford April 30, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Buckley: Josh Holloway isn’t just the kid punched by Ja Morant. He’s the local talent Penny Hardaway promised.

    “How fitting that things seem bound to come full circle, and the Grizzlies star guard may be heading out just as the kid whose name became known for a fight is about to play for the Tigers.”

    By Tim Buckley April 29, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Thoughts on Grizzlies in Nashville, NBA Draft entrant, lottery reform

    Adam Silver’s idea of the Grizzlies being “Tennessee’s team” is a misread of the limits of Tennessee identity in an oddly long, thin state. The Grizzlies need to thrive as a regional team, across state lines, but with Nashville in that region. 

    By Chris Herrington April 27, 2026
  • Opinion

    Echols: ‘We have dulled our own human-ness’

    “Our culture has some good things going for it, but at the moment, we have dulled our own human-ness in ways that makes the God behind icy winds and spiraling leaves harder and harder to notice.”

    By Candace Echols April 26, 2026
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Too many abuse victims have no legal help. The Tennessee Supreme Court can fix that.

    “Survivors should not have to navigate a legal maze alone to secure their safety. I urge my fellow Memphians to tell the court to expand opportunities to provide legal help.”

    By Brandi Taylor April 25, 2026
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Yes, the Grizzlies might play games in Nashville. But that’s no reason to be terrified.

    If you were an owner intent on keeping a profitable NBA team in Memphis, wouldn’t you do whatever you could to tap into the Nashville market? To bring some of those Nashville riches over here?

    By Geoff Calkins April 25, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Hill: The Grizzlies might play where? And who will they draft?

    Could the Grizzlies become Tennessee’s team? And who are the players the Grizzlies might select in the 2026 NBA Draft?

    By Drew Hill April 23, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: First look at the potential Ja Morant trade market

    A Grizz-centric spin around the NBA, with an early look at the (very theoretical) Ja Morant trade market, a peek toward June’s draft and a bittersweet gaze across the early playoff landscape. 

    By Chris Herrington April 22, 2026
  • Premium Sports

    Calkins: Ted Butler is about to teach his 100,000th golf lesson. And he’s not about to stop.

    Ted Butler didn’t want to teach golf lessons. That was nearly 100,000 lessons ago. The math is absolutely staggering. But the man is not about to stop.

     

    By Geoff Calkins April 20, 2026
  • Premium Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Society’s health is gauged by how it treats the most vulnerable

    A society that neglects its elders and its youngest children, a community that abandons the elderly or allows children to go hungry and unprotected, lessens the sacred potential of every community.

    By Micah Greenstein April 19, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington’s Grizzlies 2026 offseason roster rankings Part 2: Nos. 8-1

    Chris Herrington is ranking all 18 players who ended the season on the Grizzlies’ extended roster. This is Part 2 and counts down players No. 8 to No. 1.

    By Chris Herrington April 17, 2026
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington’s Grizzlies 2026 offseason roster rankings Part 1: Nos. 18-9

    Chris Herrington is ranking all 18 players who ended the season on the Grizzlies’ extended roster. This is Part 1 and counts down players No. 18 to No. 9.

    By Chris Herrington April 16, 2026

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