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Innovation & Job News Residents of Memphis Teacher Residency spend a school year in the classroom with a mentor-teacher getting hand-on training. Kids and Education

Memphis Teacher Residency prepares students for success

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, September 20, 2017
Feature Story "I'm hopeful," said Dorothy Meeks about beginning work at Lucy J.'s Bakery. Entrepreneurship

Dorothy Day House meets homelessness and the need for a living wage in Memphis

Madeline FaberWednesday, September 20, 2017
Feature Story Darrell Cobbins, president and principal broker at Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC, near his office in Downtown Memphis. Eonomic Development

Memphis pushes to level the playing field for black entrepreneursA partnership between High Ground News and HuffPost

Julia Craven & Madeline FaberMonday, September 18, 2017
Feature Story Listen To America Small Eonomic Development

HuffPost, High Ground News & MLK50 to discuss economic inequality in Memphis

Rebekah Marie Yearout, MLK50Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Feature Story Memphians call for the removal of Memphis' Confederate statues, like the one of General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Health Sciences Park.

Following Charlottesville, pressure mounts in Memphis to remove two Confederate statues

Micaela WattsThursday, August 17, 2017
Feature Story Binghampton Gateway retail center is under construction at Sam Cooper and Tillman. Eonomic Development

Binghampton, Frayser Gateway Centers and proposed TIF plan model on how to revitalize communities

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, August 2, 2017
Feature Story Brother Phap Nang and Sister Khai Nghiem with a practitioner at the Rhodes Day of Mindfulness.

Rhodes College initiative seeks to foster compassionate students

Lesley YoungWednesday, July 26, 2017
Feature Story The "I'm a Man" mural was designed by rap artist Marcellous Lovelace in a modern graffiti style and installed by BLK75. It can be found on S. Main Street, close to the National Civil Rights Museum. It shows the Sanitation Workers Protest March on Mar

Fifty years later, sanitation workers see fruit of their labor with addition of retirement benefits

Kim and Jim ColemanWednesday, July 19, 2017
Feature Story Greg Woodberry, a member of the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis, clasps his hands behind his back while performing an adapted rap during the Bridge Shut Down reunion at Tom Lee Park.

One year after the bridge protest, Memphis moves forward with education and unity

Micaela WattsWednesday, July 12, 2017
Feature Story 250 youth were hired on the spot at a recent event held by My Brothers Keep Alliance.

Sound & Color: Juvenile justice and jobs for youth

Molly MulroyWednesday, July 12, 2017
Feature Story Principal Alisha Kiner shakes hands with a graduating senior of Booker T. Washington's 2017 class.

Sweep it clean: The leader behind Booker T. Washington’s comeback story

Kirstin CheersWednesday, June 28, 2017
Feature Story A May 13 clean-up day at the site of a future homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth.

Nearly half of homeless youth are LGTBQ. OUTMemphis is doing something about it.

J. Dylan SandiferWednesday, June 21, 2017
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