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Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children's Zone, addressed the October launch of More for Memphis, an ambitious community development initiative to improve social and economic mobility in Memphis and Shelby County. (Photo courtesy of More for Memphis) Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children's Zone, addressed the October launch of More for Memphis, an ambitious community development initiative to improve social and economic mobility in Memphis and Shelby County. (Photo courtesy of More for Memphis)

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For tens of thousands of children in Memphis, most of them children of color, poverty is not a temporary living condition. It’s a trap...

Watchdog

Lt. Dewayne Smith’s “conflicting” testimony led to dismissal of federal drug…

Health Care

Several weeks ago, Amy Posey, a mother who lives in Germantown in North America, met Medena Murray, a mother who lives in Georgetown in...

Watchdog

Breaking a long silence, the girlfriend of accused murderer Cleotha Henderson adds new questions to a troubling case …

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The Institute: Special Series

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education meeting was filled to capacity on Tuesday, June 28, as members of the community came forward to offer feedback to the board. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian) The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education meeting was filled to capacity on Tuesday, June 28, as members of the community came forward to offer feedback to the board. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)

Education

The agenda for last November’s work session of the Shelby County Board of Education was jammed. There were nearly 90 business items to go over, three times the normal load. More than 70 items…

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