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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

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Category: Guest Column

Posted inGuest Column

White theft: The audacity of co-opting Dr. King

by Donna Ladd, Mississippi Free Press January 20, 2023January 25, 2023

Now, 54 years after Dr. King went to Memphis to support a labor strike by sanitary workers, we see so many arrogant efforts by white Americans to remake him into their preferred hero…

Posted inCommentary

Take the slavery language out of the constitution

by Rev. Dr. Daryll H. Coleman November 4, 2022November 7, 2022
Posted inGuest Column

Loans got me into journalism. Student debt pushed me out.

by Carrington J. Tatum June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Posted inGuest Column

Youth are not the problem: Let them be part of the solution

by Maria Oceja May 26, 2022June 13, 2022
Posted inGuest Column

What this white comic found at their kids’ school isn’t funny. It’s racist.

by Katrina Coleman May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Posted inGuest Column

Young Dolph’s gifts included more than rapping

by Kirstin L. Cheers December 1, 2021December 15, 2021
Posted inGuest Column

Queer Memphians deserve respectful representation not bitter bigotry

by J. Dylan Sandifer November 18, 2021November 18, 2021
Posted inGuest Column

‘But our fight isn’t over’: Pipeline opponents push to close regulatory gaps regarding pipelines

by Justin J. Pearson September 21, 2021September 21, 2021
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DeCarcerate Memphis begins countdown on recommendations for new police chief

by Chelsea Glass June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
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