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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Category: Courts

Posted inProtests

Block a road, catch a felony: These Republicans’ bills are meant to discourage you from protesting, critics say

by Carrington J. Tatum April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

Critics, including Democratic lawmakers and civil liberties advocates, say that two Republican-backed bills working their way through the state legislature are designed to criminalize residents exercising their First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.

Posted inVoting

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

by Hannah Grabenstein October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice

Pervis Payne and the color of capital punishment in the South

by Joia Erin Thornton August 26, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inCourts, Journalism, Memphis, Newsroom, Surveillance

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

by Peggy McKenzie May 5, 2020October 5, 2020
Posted inCivil Rights

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

by Michael Jackson October 30, 2019October 11, 2020
Posted inCourts, Democracy, Voting

The voter suppression struggle is real

by Rev. Earle J. Fisher September 19, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, General, Mass Incarceration

My brother’s lifeline

by Veda Ajamu September 18, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Immigration

EXCLUSIVE: Journalist Manuel Duran walks free from Alabama immigration detention

by Deborah Douglas and Andrea Morales July 11, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Protests, Social Justice

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

by Andrea Morales and Deborah Douglas July 11, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice

What the Supreme Court ruling could mean for civil asset forfeiture

by Emily Early June 5, 2019October 5, 2020

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