Leon Phillips grew up in a hard-scrabble family in rural Ohio, where his grandmother, known affectionately and a little ...

She’ll be pumping gas or buying groceries, at a community or other sundry event, doing everyday things. A person in the near ...

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A photograph found in Ariel J. Cobbert’s family’s archive sits on an old photo album. Photo by Ariel J. Cobbert for MLK50 ...

As seen through the window of a MATA bus, passengers wait at the Hudson Transit Center in downtown Memphis in October 2024.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that MATA did present its budget requests to the City Council in June last year. A proposal by members of the Memphis City Council to slash the ...

But “guns in trunks,” which allows Tennesseans to store guns in their cars, made things even worse, she said. FBI data shows that in the years after its passage in 2013, the number of guns stolen from ...

A simple fact drives the push to get more Black people in clinical trials. If Black bodies aren’t included, the treatments developed from those trials may not be as effective for Black lives. “The ...

Knox’s home is just two miles from xAI and the methane gas turbines it operates. The neighborhood is home to the now-retired Allen Fossil Plant, which left behind pits of toxic coal ash that Tennessee ...

Q: What are some specific changes you are interested in, and what do you believe should be the top priority of the task force? A: The DOJ report identifies specific areas for review and contains ...

This story was updated on May 27, 2025, with the correct spelling of Tyré Nichols name.. People with connections to the Memphis Police Department, clergy members, law professors, a mental health ...

The exterior of the Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court in downtown Memphis. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 In January, a new “blended sentencing” law will go into effect in Tennessee that could ...