From mlk50.com
Tennessee’s blended sentencing law will lock up more kids
0 0
In January, a new “blended sentencing” law will go into effect in Tennessee that could usher hundreds of children into the adult criminal justice system
21h ago
From mlk50.com
Memphis leaders celebrate xAI, but will its 'burden' go unchecked?
0 0
Workers walk through the parking lot of the facility where xAI has been operating since last month. Electrolux operated a manufacturing facility here that
on Jul 24
From mlk50.com
Some Baptist-Desoto patients go to jail to await mental health treatment
0 0
Visit the post for more.
on Jul 11
From mlk50.com
Some Baptist-Desoto patients go to jail to await mental health treatment
0 0
Visit the post for more.
on Jul 11
From mlk50.com
'Palestinian liberation isn’t a threat to Jewish safety'
0 0
A protestor looks toward downtown Memphis while walking off the I-40 bridge during a protest in February. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 I never
on Jul 3
From mlk50.com
Lead makes us sicker and less safe. So why do leaders overlook it?
0 0
Denedra Levy’s two youngest children play in the yard of their new rental home in Frayser. In 2022, both were diagnosed with elevated blood lead levels.
on Apr 21
From mlk50.com
TN legislators continue to test LGBTQ liberation
0 0
When a group of LGBTQ advocates held an online press conference earlier this month, it was to sound an alarm. At the time, 34 bills characterized by the
on Mar 26
From mlk50.com
Urban renewal hits the Riverview-Kansas neighborhood, and a group of residents hit back
0 0
This is part two of a 10-part series on the first tenant movement in Memphis. Read part 1 here. The idea of withholding rent payments wasn’t exactly new
on Feb 8
From mlk50.com
Shelby County has 27,000 eviction filings per year. Could $240,000 make a difference?
0 0
On a recent Wednesday, Judge Deborah Henderson entered her courthouse with a hell of a to-do list. The General Sessions Civil Court judge was tasked
on Jan 22
From mlk50.com
0 0
Even though the city of Memphis as a whole is racially diverse, Memphis remains one of the nation’s most segregated cities.
on Dec 6