• Donate
  • Newsletter
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story, Mission & Vision
    • Meet the team
    • Donate
    • Republish our stories
    • Our supporters
    • Before you talk to a journalist
    • Contact us securely
    • Editorial policies
  • Investigations
    • FedEx
    • Separated By Design
    • Profiting from the Poor
    • Vaccine equity
    • Coronavirus in Memphis Warehouses
  • Byhalia Connection Pipeline
  • Housing
    • Eviction Resources
    • Eviction Guide
    • No Shelter
  • Economic Justice
    • Development
    • Living Wage
    • Workers
    • Poverty
    • Power/Wealth
    • Unions
  • Before you talk to a journalist
  • Careers
  • More
    • Black Lives Matter
    • Racial Justice
      • Activism
      • Black Lives Matter
      • Protests
      • Confederate Monuments
      • Racism
      • Unsung – Black Women series
    • From the editor
    • At The Root
    • Coronavirus
    • Criminal Justice
      • Courts
      • Juvenile Justice
      • Mass Incarceration
      • Policing in America
      • Surveillance
    • Democracy
      • Voting
      • Elections
      • Census
    • Social Justice
      • Civil Rights
      • Immigration
      • Bridge Protest
      • LGBTQ
    • Government
    • Health
      • Health Insurance
      • Reproductive Health
    • Education
    • Religion
    • Newsroom
      • Awards
      • Grants
      • Journalism
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

  • Donate
  • Newsletter
Donate
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story, Mission & Vision
    • Meet the team
    • Donate
    • Republish our stories
    • Our supporters
    • Before you talk to a journalist
    • Contact us securely
    • Editorial policies
  • Investigations
    • FedEx
    • Separated By Design
    • Profiting from the Poor
    • Vaccine equity
    • Coronavirus in Memphis Warehouses
  • Byhalia Connection Pipeline
  • Housing
    • Eviction Resources
    • Eviction Guide
    • No Shelter
  • Economic Justice
    • Development
    • Living Wage
    • Workers
    • Poverty
    • Power/Wealth
    • Unions
  • Before you talk to a journalist
  • Careers
  • More
    • Black Lives Matter
    • Racial Justice
      • Activism
      • Black Lives Matter
      • Protests
      • Confederate Monuments
      • Racism
      • Unsung – Black Women series
    • From the editor
    • At The Root
    • Coronavirus
    • Criminal Justice
      • Courts
      • Juvenile Justice
      • Mass Incarceration
      • Policing in America
      • Surveillance
    • Democracy
      • Voting
      • Elections
      • Census
    • Social Justice
      • Civil Rights
      • Immigration
      • Bridge Protest
      • LGBTQ
    • Government
    • Health
      • Health Insurance
      • Reproductive Health
    • Education
    • Religion
    • Newsroom
      • Awards
      • Grants
      • Journalism

Tag: Poverty

Posted inEconomic Justice

Low-income Memphians receive worse internet service for the same price

by Jacob Steimer March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

Kenneth McKissack’s internet is like a finicky turtle. It’s always slow, and sometimes it decides to barely move at all — taking minutes instead of milliseconds to open emails. As a pharmacy technician and insurance specialist who works from home, McKissack estimates he spends at least two hours of work time per week waiting on […]

Posted inHousing

Five pieces of expert advice for Memphis renters

by Jacob Steimer January 24, 2023January 25, 2023
Posted inHousing

No A/C, mold and mice plague these apartments: Here’s how the landlord gets away with it

by Jacob Steimer January 12, 2023January 16, 2023
Posted inHousing

A local landlord didn’t own the apartments, she evicted tenants anyway

by Jacob Steimer January 12, 2023January 16, 2023
A Black woman wearing a hoodie with a small dog peaking out of the neck sits in the grass with two small Black boys. One boy is seated to her left. The other boy is draped across her back.
Posted inHousing

Memphis needs more apartments, but neighbors are getting in the way

by Jacob Steimer December 1, 2022January 16, 2023
Posted inHousing

After promising Memphis focus, state is ending its rental assistance program

by Jacob Steimer November 22, 2022January 16, 2023
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy stands alongside Starbucks workers outside of the store.
Posted inWorkers

Revamped Economic Crimes Unit targets worker exploitation

by Brittany Brown November 17, 2022January 16, 2023
Posted inEconomic Justice

Inflation forces already food-insecure workers to make more cuts

by Brittany Brown October 20, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice

Feeling neglected, Parkway Village residents try to rebuild after ‘white flight’

by Jacob Steimer September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
Posted inMemphis

Memphis’ potential is about Black Memphians reaching theirs

by Tom Jones May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 13 Older posts
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

About Us

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power and public policy — issues about which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cared deeply. Contact us at info@mlk50.com

Search our Archives

© 2023 On poverty, power and public policy. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic