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A security camera hangs from one of its wires off the roof of an apartment building.
Posted inHousing

6 tips for dealing with bad landlords

by Jacob Steimer April 27, 2023September 21, 2023

Landlords fail to fix major issues all the time.  In her Raleigh home, April Chambers was forced to brave a recent winter without heat. Joy King, renting from Rayna Mike in North Memphis, slogged through a summer without air conditioning.  If your landlord or property manager is treating you like this, you may feel helpless. […]

A group of panelists sit below an image of Tyre Nichols
Posted inPolicing in America

Activists, a scholar and a filmmaker reflect on safety and policing in Memphis

by Brittany Brown March 2, 2023September 21, 2023
A person walks to a headstone that reads James
Posted inFedEx

FedEx says it’s a safe workplace. So why is Jessica James dead?

by Wendi C. Thomas March 1, 2023August 24, 2023
Posted inHousing

Memphis landlords discriminate based on race, source of income, study finds

by Jacob Steimer January 18, 2023September 22, 2023
A Black man stands in the kitchen of his apartment
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, 2023September 22, 2023
A white man in a suit stands behind a podium.
Posted inCriminal Justice

Memphians react to DA Steve Mulroy’s first 100 days in office

by Brittany Brown December 21, 2022September 21, 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, 2022September 22, 2023
A paper sign on a door.
Posted inEconomic Justice

Officials said the rental assistance program was running out of funds. But they had stopped applying for more.

by Jacob Steimer October 26, 2022September 22, 2023
Photo illustration of family photos
Posted inEconomic Justice

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

by Jacob Steimer September 14, 2022September 11, 2023
Black and white image of tea lights on a sidewalk
Posted inCriminal Justice

How can criminal justice reformers keep the faith in the face of fear?

by Wendi C. Thomas September 8, 2022September 11, 2023

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