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NAACP announces intent to sue xAI over Clean Air Act violations at Southwest...
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is facing potential legal action from the NAACP over alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act tied to the operation of gas turbines at its...
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‘We are not satisfied’: Roland Martin challenges Memphis leaders at...
The Holiday Inn, University of Memphis campus, will soon close. But on Thursday, June 12, the proverbial “doors of the church” were definitely open there during the 32nd Annual Juneteenth Freedom...
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Joy as resistance: Reclaiming Juneteenth in a time of backlash
By Cicley Gay Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, was meant to symbolize a national reckoning with history and a celebration of freedom when President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan...
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LEGACY: Barbara Neely, co-founder of Jim Neely’s Interstate Barbecue, dies at 87
Barbara Neely, co-founder and longtime matriarch of the legendary Interstate Bar-B-Q in Memphis, passed away Monday, June 16. She was 86. Neely wasn’t just the wife of barbecue icon Jim Neely. For...
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Essays about and by Black people that make you laugh and think
“That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor,” edited by Damon Young, c.2025, Pantheon, $28.00, 256 pages Bust a gut. Laugh your rear-end off. Laugh yourself silly until you...
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LEGACY: Marzie Thomas, former Tri-State Defender publisher, congressional...
Marzie Thomas, a former publisher of The Tri-State Defender who later served as a top staffer for Congressman Steve Cohen, died on June 12 at Methodist University Hospital. She was 72. Thomas spent...
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Prowler accused of attempting to kidnap Memphis mayor appears in court after...
The 25-year-old Memphis man who was arrested after being caught prowling in the neighborhood of Memphis Mayor Paul Young last week made his first appearance in court Friday, June 20. Trenton Abston was...
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Praised, then vetoed: MVP3 Foundation caught in political crossfire
In late March, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris gave Marie Pizano and her MVP3 Foundation a month. As in, an actual month — March 2025 was officially declared “Marie Pizano & MVP3 Foundation Month,”...
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Shelby County crime lab one step closer, property tax hike likely
A new “focused” crime lab for Shelby County is one step closer to reality after county commissioners unanimously approved a resolution allocating $5.5 million to fund recurring operations at the...
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