Restoring voting rights after a felony is rare in Tennessee. This year, the process got harder.
Tennessee’s felony disenfranchisement rate was second only to Mississippi’s before recent guidance further complicated the path to restoring voting rights. Restoration advocates seek to roll back the new rules, as well as achieve changes they say are long overdue.
Katherine Burgess joins MLK50 as government accountability reporter
Executive editor, Adrienne Johnson Martin, looks to outlet’s new beat to widen and deepen local and state political investigations
Memphis Seen: Ariel Cobbert’s quest for tenderness and transformation
The Mississippi-born interdisciplinary artist lends her lens in service of a loving and creative U.S. South
Could collective action and an obscure government board protect local tenants?
Memphis Tenants Union helped organize Memphis Tower residents to appeal to group tasked with tax breaks for low-income housing
