Memphis has one of the highest utility cutoff rates in the nation — but it doesn’t have to
Utilities across the U.S. have adopted policies that accommodate low-income customers rather than punishing them for nonpayment. Here’s what Memphis can learn from them.
Power and Prejudice
Black August
How Black people fought for dignity from behind the bars at 201 Poplar
In celebration of Black August, we revisit the first 10 years of our Downtown jail — and the struggle to make it humane
What is Black August? In 1971, Black communist writer, activist and political prisoner George Jackson reflected on how those caged in U.S. prisons and jails could spark a mass movement for social change. He wrote in his book “Blood In My Eye” that “the sheer numbers of the prisoner class and the terms of their…
