While this isn’t directly repeated to Josiah’s type of brain tumor, this research is very exciting. St Jude really is not only an amazing hospital, but a force for change in the fight against childhood cancers.
Category Archives: Memphis
‘He Lived By Non-Violence’
This was not only a dark night for Memphis, but for the entire nation.
An Interview with Erik Proseus of MemphisWeather.net
Editor’s Note: One of the nice things about living in a city as large as Memphis is that there’s an independent source for just about everything, including weather coverage. I recently spoke with Erik Proseus, an aviation meteorologist and entrepreneur. Below is our full-length interview about what Erik does, MemphisWeather.net and his recent saga with [...]
St. Jude Turns 50
Marlo Thomas: There came a moment in my father’s career when he said to himself, “I’ve made it. I’ve got everything I need. Now it’s time to give back.” This would eventually come to mean years of tirelessly building his dream — a research hospital dedicated to the study of cancer in children, where no [...]
‘A Modern-Day Abolitionist’
Marilyn Sadler, in a piece on my friend Ryan Dalton: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that more than 100 cases of sex trafficking of minors have been documented in Shelby County over the last two years. Victims as young as 13 have been beaten, raped, and tortured into submission. The same number of adult [...]
‘Three at Last’
The West Memphis Three were convicted of murder in 1993, but were released this summer after a re-trial. Sean Flynn’s GQ piece take a look at these men’s lives post-release. via longform.org
Layoffs and Paywalls
Memphis Newspaper Guild president Wayne Risher: With sadness and regret, I must inform you that the Memphis Newspaper Guild was notified today, Tuesday morning, by The Commercial Appeal that 9 Guild covered employees will lose their jobs by Dec. 20 as part of a reduction in force. The company, confirming rumors that had been swirling [...]
St. Jude to Expand Memphis Campus
Toby Sells: St. Jude will build a nearly $190 million medical tower that will be a mirror image of the seven-story, 340,000-square-foot Chili’s Care Center and will be attached to that facility. The new tower will include replacement facilities for St. Jude’s surgical department and intensive care unit. It will also house a department of [...]
Obama in Memphis
From his commencement speech at the Booker T. Washington here in Memphis: Yes, you’re from South Memphis. Yes, you’ve always been underdogs. No one has handed you a thing. But that also means that whatever you accomplish in your lives, you’ll have earned it. Whatever rewards and joys you reap, you’ll appreciate them that much [...]
