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Voter turnout is down in Shelby County. How do we improve it?
Voters at Abundant Grace Fellowship Church streamed in and out of the polls on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 As early voting ends, ...
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U.S. Senate debate: Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Gloria Johnson invited
Join us Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for a live debate between the candidates vying to represent the state of Tennessee in the U.S. Senate for the next six years. The debate will take place at the ...
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For transit success, ‘narrative’ around MATA must change
Sammie Hunter rides the bus in 2017. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Just before the Memphis Area Transit Authority Board voted to cut routes, bus rider Annika Easley urged those board members to ...
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Black men are still dying young. Several efforts are attempting to change the status quo in Memphis.
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Searching for healing and justice at the trial for the killing of Tyre
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Charity Scott joins MLK50 as managing editor
We’re happy to announce that Charity Scott has joined MLK50: Justice Through Journalism as our managing editor. Scott started Sept. 30 and will lead the daily operations of the newsroom, shepherding ...
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Tyre Nichols’ family looks ahead to the state’s criminal case and their $550 million civil suit against the Memphis Police Department
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Who are the new MATA board members — and have they ever taken the bus?
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Nichols’ verdict threatens the legitimacy of the criminal legal system
Rev. Earle J. Fisher leads a prayer alongside friends and family of Tyre Nichols at a vigil outside the Odell Horton Federal Building during the federal trial against three of the police officers that ...
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Meet the MLK50 team
Adrienne Johnson Martin is the first executive editor for MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. She is the former managing editor of Duke Magazine, Duke University’s alumni publication. Martin spent five ...
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MATA cuts 5 routes, says issues with city funding could lead to ‘no buses running the streets’
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