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Category: Memphis

Posted inHealth

He needed a liver, but did the risks trump the reward?

by Max Blau, ProPublica August 21, 2023August 21, 2023

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. By the time 25-year-old Tyler Waite arrived at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in May 2020, his skin had turned a sickly shade […]

Posted inMemphis

From threatened to thriving: How do we make Memphians safe?

by Chris McCoy, Memphis Flyer August 16, 2023September 21, 2023
Posted inMemphis

Hip-hop is 50. Twenty-five years ago, Memphis rappers started writing rhymes of resistance 

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2023September 11, 2023
A crowd of Black people dance inside a building.
Posted inMemphis

Memphis Seen: Photographer Noah Stewart finds his vantage point

by Andrea Morales July 20, 2023July 26, 2023
Posted inMemphis

Take our public safety survey

by MLK50 Staff July 12, 2023August 1, 2023
Posted inMemphis

In the rhythm and the ropes, they find freedom

by Brittany Brown and Ariel Cobbert June 19, 2023September 22, 2023
A hospital building at night.
Posted inHealth

Records reveal preventable deaths at Methodist transplant center

by Max Blau, ProPublica June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
A Black man in robes stands with two Black women in front of the Lorraine Motel
Posted inCivil Rights

Min. Yahweh stood up for all injustices

by Wiley Henry April 17, 2023August 17, 2023
A Black man stands at a podium outside. People stand in front of him.
Posted inDemocracy

In Pearson’s return, Memphis finds its place in Nashville

by Adrienne Johnson Martin and Andrea Morales April 14, 2023September 21, 2023
Posted inCriminal Justice

Tyre Nichols family, organizers mistrustful of Council’s police reform ordinance

by Brittany Brown April 6, 2023September 21, 2023

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