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He was hit by a cruiser at an anti-ICE march. THP hasn’t released video of the incident.

The front of a Tennessee Highway Patrol cruiser makes contact with KB and a safety marshal trying to stop it from driving into the crowd behind it at the ICE Out For Good protest on Jan. 11.
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Power and Prejudice: How a little-known Tennessee law convicts Black children for murders they didn’t commit

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 ...
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Does your Memphis home need repairs? You may qualify for these assistance programs

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 / ...
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Ordinance attempts to limit juvenile isolation, but county has no way to enforce it

Jerri Green, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and director of the Shelby County Department of Corrections Anthony Alexander answer questions during a press conference in June 2025. Photo by Andrea ...
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‘What is going to happen with the kids, Lord?’

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 last month. The boy often stands by the door ...
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Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s push for Elon Musk’s xAI data center

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 ...
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‘We deserve to breathe clean air’: Southwest Memphians take on Elon Musk’s xAI

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 ...
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Here’s how Tennessee has changed bail laws in recent years

The Tennessee State Capitol is seen during an April 2025 protest. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America Since 2023, Tennessee legislators have passed nearly a dozen laws ...
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No school, no fresh air and isolated

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America; Image of the Shelby County Youth and ...
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Tennessee House speaker suspends all Dems from committees, citing decorum violation

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.
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Just 2% of immigration arrests by Memphis Safe Task Force were for violent crime, records show

Elmer, a street vendor from Honduras, said he saw three immigrants arrested by federal agents near his shoe stand in Memphis. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America This article ...
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Memphis needs more apartments, but neighbors are getting in the way

Susie Mitchell stands for a portrait in the room she’s renting at a home in Frayser. Mitchell has been here since she and her mother were evicted from their Whitehaven apartment in August. They ...