Posted inActivism, Black History, Civil Rights, Liberation, Policing, Public Safety, Racial Justice Hip-hop is 50. Twenty-five years ago, Memphis rappers started writing rhymes of resistance by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2023March 3, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Health, Incarceration, Policing, Public Safety Their families said they needed treatment. Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica July 31, 2023January 25, 2024
Posted inGovernment, Policing, Public Safety Memphis crime rate setting records, demanding innovation by Tom Jones May 1, 2023January 19, 2024
Posted inPolicing, Public Safety Five children taken from Black family after rural Tennessee traffic stop returned home by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout April 17, 2023December 12, 2023
Posted inActivism, Policing Legislature poised to dissolve community-led police oversight boards in Nashville and Memphis by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout April 12, 2023May 28, 2025
Posted inCivil Rights, Liberation, Policing, Public Safety, Racial Justice Tyré Nichols family, organizers mistrustful of Council’s police reform ordinance by Brittany Brown April 6, 2023May 28, 2025
Posted inPolicing, Public Safety A Black family fights to get their kids back from Tennessee Department of Children’s Services by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout March 17, 2023November 25, 2025
Posted inMemphis, Policing, Public Safety Aggressive policing in Memphis goes far beyond the Scorpion Unit by Daphne Duret, Weihua Li and Marc Perrusquia March 14, 2023May 28, 2025
Posted inPolicing, Public Safety Activists, a scholar and a filmmaker reflect on safety and policing in Memphis by Brittany Brown March 2, 2023May 28, 2025
Posted inMemphis, Policing, Public Safety, Racial Justice The media may have misled you about Hickory Hill, Tyré Nichols’ neighborhood by Jacob Steimer February 7, 2023May 28, 2025
