Not My History

I was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Likewise, my parents, their parents, and their parents’ parents were all born in the Mid-south region of the US (western Tennessee, northeastern Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, and the Missouri Bootheel). I spent my early years...

Revisiting the Trash Fee and Insurance Bids

Labor unions representing city employees recently received letters from City Hall warning that they could face layoffs this summer due to budget problems. In a Springfield Republican article by Pete Goonan, Lee Erdmann, the city’s chief administrative and...