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Tag: Justice

Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Black lives and equal justice more important than spray paint on a wall

by Rev. Edith Love September 9, 2020October 6, 2020

As a white woman, I know we white women are the town criers of white supremacy. When we holler, people listen. When others see our tears, they move mountains to save us. When we call the police, unarmed Black people are all too often hurt or killed. So, I was alarmed last Tuesday morning when […]

Posted inCriminal Justice

Pervis Payne and the color of capital punishment in the South

by Joia Erin Thornton August 26, 2020September 22, 2023
Posted inCivil Rights

MLK50 remembers civil rights icon, equality champion John Lewis

by Madeline Faber July 31, 2020September 8, 2023
Posted inBridge Protest

Remembering July 10, 2016: The day they took the bridge

by Andrea Morales July 10, 2020September 8, 2023
Posted inMemphis

‘We want change now!’

by F. Amanda Tugade and Wendi C. Thomas June 16, 2020September 21, 2023
Posted inInvestigations

Workers shipping pricey jewelry, cosmetics fear unsafe conditions and coronavirus exposure

by Wendi C. Thomas May 2, 2020September 11, 2023
Posted inBlack Lives Matter

Excerpt: ‘Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System’

by Cyntoia Brown-Long and Bethany Mauger October 19, 2019October 14, 2020
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, General, Mass Incarceration

My brother’s lifeline

by Veda Ajamu September 18, 2019August 22, 2023
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Voting

District attorneys work virtually scrutiny free — and that’s the problem with criminal justice…

by Emily Fulmer January 28, 2019September 21, 2023
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice

The — unbending — arc of justice for misdemeanor crime in Memphis

by Kevin McKenzie January 28, 2019September 21, 2023

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