Wendi C. Thomas, Author at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Government, Immigration, Investigations, Local Government, Public Safety

Expedientes muestran que el Grupo Especial Antidelincuencia de Trump en Memphis arrestó a más de 800 inmigrantes. Solo el 2 % de los arrestos fueron por delitos violentos.

by Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess and Nick McMillan, ProPublica April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

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Government, Immigration, Investigations, Local Government, Public Safety

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

by Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess and Nick McMillan, ProPublica April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

Government, Local Government, Policing, Public Safety, State Government

They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came.

by Wendi C. Thomas and Katherine Burgess November 3, 2025February 9, 2026

Environmental Justice

Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s push for Elon Musk’s xAI data center

by Wendi C. Thomas August 22, 2025August 21, 2025

A Black couple embrace in a kitchen. On the other side of the wall is a Black teenage boy standing in another room.

Investigations, Methodist Hospital and Debt Collection, Newsroom

When brave people share their stories – and journalists listen

by Wendi C. Thomas April 4, 2024April 4, 2024

MLK50 launches NewsMatch 2023 campaign to raise $75,000

by Wendi C. Thomas November 13, 2023December 15, 2023

Pearson’s reinstatement is good for democracy, but we have questions

by Adrienne Johnson Martin and Wendi C. Thomas April 12, 2023May 28, 2025

Commentary, Democracy, Liberation

Democracy lost, but Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones will be back

by Wendi C. Thomas April 7, 2023January 19, 2024

A person walks to a headstone that reads James

FedEx, Investigations

FedEx says it’s a safe workplace. So why is Jessica James dead?

by Wendi C. Thomas March 1, 2023October 30, 2024

Black and white image of tea lights on a sidewalk

Courts, Incarceration, Memphis, Public Safety

How can criminal justice reformers keep the faith in the face of fear?

by Wendi C. Thomas September 8, 2022May 28, 2024