With a little help, summer can be “a creative learning experience.” Just ask Tierahnee, a participant in the year-three version of the Memphis Youth Leadership Program.
The Shelby County Ryan White Program, which provides free primary medical and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Shelby and surrounding counties, has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about the program in the Memphis area and to promote treatment.
The Southern Heritage Classic was about two weeks out and its founder, Fred Jones Jr., was beaming and it was not about the event that has become synonymous with his name.
On August 3rd, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the 100-to-1 ratio between crack and powder cocaine to a fairer 18-to-1 ratio and repealed a mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack.