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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Category: Courts

Tennessee makes it hard for ex-offenders to regain voting rights. This man did it anyway.

by Hannah Grabenstein October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Keedran Franklin fielded beverage requests Thursday morning from the back of his mobile coffee business, The Check In, parked at Glenview Community Center. It was the last day of early voting, and Franklin, 34, had been at the South Memphis polling place since 8 a.m. He was happily serving free coffee, teas and juice to […]

Pervis Payne and the color of capital punishment in the South

by Joia Erin Thornton August 26, 2020October 6, 2020

City of Memphis is interfering with MLK50’s 1st Amendment rights, says lawyer

by Peggy McKenzie May 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Boo! The year’s scariest laws, proposals and policies

by Michael Jackson October 30, 2019October 11, 2020

The voter suppression struggle is real

by Rev. Earle J. Fisher September 19, 2019October 5, 2020

My brother’s lifeline

by Veda Ajamu September 18, 2019October 5, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Journalist Manuel Duran walks free from Alabama immigration detention

by Deborah Douglas and Andrea Morales July 11, 2019October 5, 2020

Journalist Manuel Duran makes bond, may leave Alabama detention center today

by Andrea Morales and Deborah Douglas July 11, 2019October 5, 2020

What the Supreme Court ruling could mean for civil asset forfeiture

by Emily Early June 5, 2019October 5, 2020

On lawsuit to force open records, crime commission says: We don’t have to

by Kevin McKenzie and Deborah Douglas February 12, 2019October 5, 2020

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