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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

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Posted inMemphis

Juneteenth event extols the liberation that was and the freedom to come

by Johnathan Martin June 16, 2019April 27, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice, Workers

Skilled blue-collar jobs are growing — though women aren’t getting them

by Eric Hoyt and J.D. Swerzenski April 24, 2019June 2, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Unions

Agreeing to raise the minimum wage is one thing, actually doing it is another

by J. Dylan Sandifer March 6, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inEducation, Living Wage, Teachers, Workers

National teacher walkouts the boost Shelby County educators looking for

by Kevin McKenzie February 27, 2019June 2, 2022
Posted inMartin Luther King, Sanitation Workers, Unions

The Workers

by Andrea Morales February 12, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inDemocracy, Martin Luther King, Religion, Unions

‘Time for a political revolution’

by Kevin McKenzie April 5, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inActivism, Martin Luther King, Poverty

17-year-old channels King in new movement

by Kevin McKenzie April 3, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Poverty, Unions

When businesses get tax breaks and citizens get poverty-wage jobs

by Rebekah Marie Yearout March 20, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Sanitation Workers, Unions, Workers

The New Poor People’s Campaign is alive and well—and thriving in Memphis

by Kevin McKenzie and Wendi C. Thomas February 13, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inSanitation Workers, Unions

Trashed: Inside the deadly world of private garbage collection

by Kiera Feldman January 5, 2018October 5, 2020

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