Posted inDemocracy, Elections, Government, Voting The best of times – or the worst of times: What changes for you under a Trump or Biden administration? by MLK50 Staff November 2, 2020January 23, 2024
Posted inCourts, Government, Incarceration, Policing, Public Safety, Racial Justice What Trump and Strickland share: A dangerous obsession with law and order by Antonio de Velasco August 7, 2020January 23, 2024
Posted inActivism, Government, Liberation, Policing, Public Safety ‘This will be Strickland’s legacy,’ says protester as police arrest City Hall demonstrators by F. Amanda Tugade and Wendi C. Thomas July 1, 2020May 28, 2024
Posted inJournalism, Local Government, Newsroom MLK50 editor sues City of Memphis, mayor, communications chief over exclusion from media list by Peggy McKenzie May 13, 2020March 4, 2025
Posted inCivil Rights, Local Government, Policing, Public Safety, Surveillance It’s not just the Russians: Mayor Strickland’s disinformation campaign by Wendi C. Thomas November 2, 2019March 4, 2025
Posted inDemocracy, Elections, Local Government Progressive black woman would-be mayor pushed for change. At the polls, voters stood still. by Deborah Douglas and Andrea Morales October 4, 2019March 4, 2025
Posted inDemocracy, Elections, Local Government Social media erupts over depiction of mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer by Deborah Douglas August 31, 2019March 4, 2025
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Local Government Shelby County mayor doubles down on living wage push for school workers by Kirstin L. Cheers May 9, 2019March 4, 2025
Posted inDemocracy, Elections, Government, Voting Don’t believe the hype: Politicians don’t get things done, people do by Charles McKinney May 1, 2019January 23, 2024
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Democracy, Elections, Local Government, Voting Confederacy groups launch social campaign to troll mayoral candidate by Wendi C. Thomas April 25, 2019March 4, 2025