Kirstin L. Cheers·Oct 3, 2018This President is Not MineI am American. I own it as I own African/Black… as I own Woman/Female as I own Southern as I own Christian as I own Millennial American…
InMLK50: Justice Through JournalismbyKirstin L. Cheers·Apr 14, 2018Shoutouts and side-eyes: The week in MLK50 social media commentaryProtests, plus heartfelt appearances by King’s children gave Memphis plenty of chances to consider the meaning of his legacy
InMLK50: Justice Through JournalismbyKirstin L. Cheers·Feb 25, 2018Social Media Goes A-Rye for AngelaCity’s carefully crafted #IAmMemphis event goes left. Way left.
InMLK50: Justice Through JournalismbyKirstin L. Cheers·Dec 24, 2017Bearing witness to an overdue deathReflections on the toppling of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue
InMLK50: Justice Through JournalismbyKirstin L. Cheers·Oct 25, 2017Barber: ‘Where there’s a crucifixion, there must be a resurrection’Memphis heard prophetic calls for a social justice revolution at Moral Mondays launch and 2017 Freedom Awards ceremony
InMLK50: Justice Through JournalismbyKirstin L. Cheers·Jun 22, 2017Making beer and exploiting mass incarcerationMemphis brewery borrows from county jail’s name for new brew
InStudent VoicesbyKirstin L. Cheers·Nov 30, 2016Hi. I’m a college graduate and I’m a fast food worker(I am not writing this for sympathy, but simply to advocate for what I have experienced over the past few months)A response icon20A response icon20
Kirstin L. Cheers·Jul 12, 2016The Problem with #30DaysNoKilling: Keeping the Main Thing the Main ThingThousands upon thousands of youth and Millennials, Black, White, Latinx and all the colors of the rainbow, marched on Sunday from the FedEx…A response icon3A response icon3
Kirstin L. Cheers·Jul 8, 2016Your Silence is TrashPeople are grieving (this really could be the end of this blog…)A response icon1A response icon1