Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (from left), Ayanna Pressley and Summer Lee stand with Tennessee state representative Justin J. Pearson at a rally for Pearson’s congressional run at New ...
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidates, clockwise from left, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts talk death penalty methods and the National Guard in ...
A screenshot from body camera footage from a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer shows Memphis Police Officers and Homeland Security agents working together to see which passengers they could detain ...
MLK50’s youth justice and life reporter Rebecca Cadenhead and visual journalist Kevin Wurm were winners in Report for America’s local news awards, which were announced Friday. Report for America is a ...
People protesting against the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers stacked boxes with signed petitions outside Gov. Bill Lee’s office door at the Tennessee State Capitol on May 18. Photo by Madison ...
The horrors of the attempted execution of Tony Carruthers have stayed with me. Our public safety reporter, Brittany Brown, was there and will publish more about her experiences soon. But I also asked ...
Tennessee Democrats locked arms on the House floor in protest of a GOP redistricting vote that split the state’s only majority-Black, minority-Democrat Congressional district around Memphis in three.
Rachael Goodwin Spriggs and other Tennesseans protested during a House committee meeting that was a part of the special session on May 6. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 They sang, chanted, cried and ...
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 ...
New maps drawn up by Tennessee Republicans, with input from the Trump administration, will cut Memphis into three districts instead of one. (Map from Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus) This story has ...
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 ...