abandoned Abandoned visits the Great American Pyramid of Memphis, Tennessee Jason Weisberger

opera Opera Mayer Wiener Rusty Blazenhoff

music Celebrate Independence Day with Cordell Jackson, the "Rock n Roll Granny" a psychobilly pioneer who played until she was 81 Cory Doctorow

health After Propublica expose, the "nonprofit," "Christian" Memphis University Hospital suspends practice of suing the shit out of poor people Cory Doctorow

health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow

police Facebook reminds America's cops that they're not allowed to use fake accounts Cory Doctorow

History Memory Palace podcast about a Confederate monument honoring a real racist David Pescovitz

Voters return the Tennessee dems who were kicked out of office for being Black Jason Weisberger

wealth disparity Idle rich baffled by poor people's distaste for dangerous, low-paying jobs Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch the new video for "She Might Look My Way," from The dB's' Chris Stamey Jennifer Sandlin

politics Tennessee bans community oversight of police Rob Beschizza

museums Happy International Museum Day! Jennifer Sandlin

guns Tennessee to allow teens to carry guns without permits Rob Beschizza

free speech Judge blocks Tennessee's ban on drag shows, citing free speech Rob Beschizza

television Andy Kaufman is going into the WWE Hall of Fame Devin Nealy

Internet Archive has a collection of Fisher-Price Pocket Rockers songs from the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

police brutality Police take revenge on a suspect who surrendered Jason Weisberger

law 6th cop suspended from Memphis force over Tyre Nichols killing Rob Beschizza