2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (437+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Four of the officers involved in last week's action were put on paid leave, although more than 25 were involved. I guess that's something? But because Mayor Paul Young and the Memphis Police Department have…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (530+ words) On poverty, power and public policy This story has been republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout. Read the original story here. The Tennessee Senate passed legislation Monday creating two new state crimes against undocumented immigrants who don't follow federal deportation…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (883+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Like the two previous local iterations of the national day of action, March 28s No Kings event offered speakers, music and food packaged in a way that felt like a festival and was permitted by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (464+ words) On poverty, power and public policy If Tennessee Republicans move forward to impose a state-backed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County schools, the district's hands may be tied from challenging the state intervention's legitimacy in court. Tennessee school districts would be blocked…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1702+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct age of Ann Morris. When Reggie Williams turned 18 two decades ago, his mother entrusted him with his birth certificate. Keep it on you…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (860+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Many of the arrests made since the Memphis Safe Task Force began its work have been for traffic violations and drug charges, despite its stated focus on violent crime, according to new data shared…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (631+ words) On poverty, power and public policy President Donald Trump repeatedly and falsely conflated immigrants with criminals and made inaccurate statements about Memphis during a roundtable event arranged by the White House in which he claimed credit for crime falling in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (120+ words) On poverty, power and public policy We know that to do the work we need to do, we have to take care of ourselves as we care for the community." To that end, the staff of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1041+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Hundreds of students at Memphis Business Academy marched outside their Frayser high school on Friday, chanting the name of a classmate who'd been detained by ICE a week earlier. The classmate, Yasser, was a…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (1384+ words) On poverty, power and public policy Right before Jerricia Harris" mother passed away, she had a vision. "I see a big house coming your way soon," she told Harris, a single mother of two who works at a Home Depot…...