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Feature Story Lance Banks is a first grader at Perea Elementary School in North Memphis. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

Kids speak on life and learning in the pandemic

Brandis LeveretteWednesday, November 11, 2020
Feature Story An employee of La Michoacana ice cream and paleta shop serves up a fruit cup with tajin. (Forever Ready Productions) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Video: Paletas in the pandemic with La Michoacana

Cole BradleyThursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Mary Manspeaker (right) is a veterinarian with the Human Society of Memphis and Shelby County. The Humane Society is currently running a pilot program to provide reduced-cost veterinarian care for low-income Memphians. (Submitted) High GroundHealthy Communities

Memphis Humane Society offering discount vet care for low-income, unemployed pet owners

Jim ColemanThursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story Hunter Coleman, 10, works on his homeschool math curriculum using a mix of online instruction and hands-on practice on a dry-erase board. A dry-erase board is a useful tool for practice work across subjects. (Jim Coleman). High Ground

For kids at home, ‘a small intervention makes a big difference'

Thursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Marcus Matthews is an education expert and author. His latest book provides tips for educators addressing students' ACEs and discusses expanding the definition of adverse childhood experiences for children in urban environments. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

Q & A: Memphis expert on childhood trauma talks restorative discipline and social-emotional learning

Erica HortonWednesday, November 4, 2020
Feature Story (Wikimedia Commons, Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) High GroundKids and Education

The pandemic is changing how Memphis does preschool

Cole BradleyThursday, October 29, 2020
Feature Story Dr. Marcus Matthews is an education expert and author. His latest book provides tips for educators addressing students' ACEs and discusses expanding the definition of adverse childhood experiences for children in urban environments. (Submitted) High GroundKids and Education

Memphis author, expert says definition of adverse childhood experiences falls short in urban areas

Erica HortonThursday, October 29, 2020
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The growing movement to send counselors, not cops, to mental health crises

Friday, October 23, 2020
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Recycle, reduce, reuse meet rethink and re-earth for Tennessee's first Zero Waste Day

Cole BradleyThursday, October 22, 2020
Feature Story (Wikimedia Commons) High Ground

“A New Generation of Poll Workers” Steps Up to Ensure Safe, Fair Elections

Thursday, October 22, 2020
Feature Story In June, activist occupied Memphis City Hall's plaza and covered it in the names of Black Americans killed by law enforcement. MICAH held a rally on the plaza demanding policing reform and other changes toward a more just Memphis. (Cole Bradley) High Ground

MICAH wants Memphians to get in 'good trouble' at virtual public meeting this Sunday

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 21, 2020
Feature Story Members of Ballet Folklórico Herencia Hispana gathering before the parade in 2019 Dia de los Muertos parade. (Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) High Ground

Day of the Dead "reverse parade" set for Oct. 24 in Midtown and Overton Park

Cole BradleyFriday, October 16, 2020
Feature Story Dalisia “Dee” Brye closed on her new home in Whitehaven in June with the help of United Housing's HUD-certified housing counselors. Brye sought home ownership after realizing that mortgage payments would be less than rental payments. (Submitted) High GroundHealthy Communities

Agencies in Memphis encourage homeownership as alternative to high rents

Ashlei WilliamsThursday, October 15, 2020
Feature Story James Cook and his family stand outside the future home of Nubian Design Studios in Whitehaven. The building is currently under renovations with help from an EDGE Inner City Economic Development loan . (Ziggy Mack) High GroundEntrepreneurship

This Whitehaven entrepreneur is bringing a new hair studio to his community with help of EDGE loan

Erinn FiggWednesday, October 14, 2020
Feature Story Lauren Wiliams-Batiste, owner of the Memphis-based Elle's Elixirs. (Lauren Wiliams-Batiste) High GroundEntrepreneurship

Women Working It: Lauren Williams-Batiste talks tea, CBD, and learning to market yourself

Brandi HunterThursday, October 8, 2020
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