Elmer, un vendedor ambulante de Honduras, dijo que vio cómo unos agentes federales detenían a tres inmigrantes cerca de su ...

Elmer, a street vendor from Honduras, said he saw three immigrants arrested by federal agents near his shoe stand in Memphis. Photo by Kevin ...

Community members in a breakout group on purpose and power of county government listen and take notes at Saturday’s People’s ...

Two measures passed by the Tennessee Legislature creating criminal offenses for some immigrants are likely to face legal challenges. Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout This story has been ...

Memphis police officers move through the crowd following the No Kings protest on March 28. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 When our creative director, Andrea Morales, decided to write about the police ...

The Shelby County Juvenile Court has been led by Judge Dan Michael since 2014. A Department of Justice investigation found the court treated Black children more harshly than white children, among ...

Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Source images: Andrea Morales/MLK50, screenshot by MLK50, U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley via Wikimedia Commons Marilyn Gooch was already ...

Jessica James had to get up and down that ramp. Her job at FedEx’s World Hub was to help ensure the trucks in her area were loaded and unloaded on time. That meant navigating forklifts on sloped ramps ...

Easter Knox (center) stands for a portrait at her home. Knox is a longtime Boxtown resident. Photos by Lucy Garrett for MLK50 Easter Knox’s brick home in Boxtown has a garden, space for her dog to run ...

One of Kerrie Washington’s children runs down the hall (right) while at home in Grahamwood Place Apartments (left). Like some of her neighbors, Washington and her family have had issues with cracks ...