May 25, 2018

According to an U.S. Commission On Civil Rights report, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are credited with creating the American black middle class. The report states that HBCU’s have produced 40% of African-American members of Congress, 40% of engineers, 50% professors at PWIs, 50% lawyers, and 80%...

May 16, 2018

According to Pew Research, the Latino population in the United States has reached nearly 58 million in 2016 and has been the principal driver of U.S. demographic growth, accounting for half of national population growth since 2000.  However, due to the current Presidential administration's policies regarding...

May 10, 2018

J.T. Young, the new President and CEO of Memphis Light, Water and Gas had to stop by and visit the Funkiest Political Show in the country to announce that he had arrived!  As the head of the largest 3-service utility company in the United States, he shares with us his journey, the challenges of managing a public utility...

May 3, 2018

Dr. Alisa Haushalter, Director, (Memphis, TN) Shelby Co. Health Department has been extremely outspoken about the challenges communities face by not addressing 3 of its largest public health issues.  Unfortunately, getting citizens and other community stakeholders to recognize the impact of gun violence, poverty...