Water damage created a hole in Ms. Carolyn’s dining room ceiling that she has been trying to get fully repaired for a few years. Photo by Kevin Wurm / ...
A child plays last week at his grandmother’s house, where he now lives with his three siblings and four cousins, all who lost their parents in an ICE raid ...
Editor’s note: The following essay is excerpted from “Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness,” a forthcoming book by Ashanté M. Reese. This excerpt is used with permission of the ...
This is the second piece in MLK50’s ongoing series about how utility cutoffs impact working-class Memphians. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division has one of the highest utility cutoff rates in the ...
State Sen. London Lamar (left) and state Rep. Justin J. Pearson took a moment for prayer with the audience at the New Sardis Baptist Church District 9 Candidate Forum on June 30. Photo by Kevin Wurm / ...
his is a story about 104 children sentenced to die in prison by the state of Tennessee. Each was convicted of a murder — even though some had not killed anyone. In several cases, the children had been ...
Rafiah Muhammad-McCormick, director of community outreach for Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, speaks at a press conference held by family members, friends, clergy members and ...
This story was republished with permission from KFF Health News. Read the original story here. The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid ...
Pieces of a broken globe sit on a sidewalk at Greenbrook at Shelby Farms. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America But this complex has a secret: It filed for eviction ...
Folks who traveled from Memphis, including (from left) Tikeila Rucker, Rachel Spriggs and LJ Abraham, marched with people from across the state outside of the Tennessee State Capitol following the ...
A Memphis resident’s ‘I Voted’ sticker is seen after voting in the primary election on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America Memphis voters braved the rain Tuesday ...
Protestors laid across one of the entrances to the xAI Colossus 1 data center for two hours on Friday. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 The people lying on the pavement are singing. Marchin’ on to ...