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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Category: Unions

Fear, skepticism follow Memphians back to work during reopening phases

by Tammy Joyner May 15, 2020October 5, 2020

As Tennessee moves through the second week of trying to revive its economy during a pandemic, Memphis workers and their loved ones are expressing fear and reluctance about working in the post-shelter-in-place era. Workers say they get too little information from employers about exposure to the virus and they have little control over their working […]

Americans have not given up on unions

by Thomas Kochan, Duanyi Yang, Erin L. Kelly and Will Kimball September 2, 2019October 5, 2020

Agreeing to raise the minimum wage is one thing, actually doing it is another

by J. Dylan Sandifer March 6, 2019October 5, 2020

The Workers

by Andrea Morales February 12, 2019October 5, 2020

‘Time for a political revolution’

by Kevin McKenzie April 5, 2018October 5, 2020

When businesses get tax breaks and citizens get poverty-wage jobs

by Rebekah Marie Yearout March 20, 2018October 5, 2020

The New Poor People’s Campaign is alive and well—and thriving in Memphis

by Kevin McKenzie and Wendi C. Thomas February 13, 2018October 5, 2020

Trashed: Inside the deadly world of private garbage collection

by Kiera Feldman January 5, 2018October 5, 2020

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