People protesting against the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers stacked boxes with signed petitions outside Gov. Bill Lee’s office door at the Tennessee State Capitol on May 18. Photo by Madison ...

The horrors of the attempted execution of Tony Carruthers have stayed with me. Our public safety reporter, Brittany Brown, was there and will publish more about her experiences soon. But I also asked ...

Pieces of a broken globe sit on a sidewalk at Greenbrook at Shelby Farms. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America But this complex has a secret: It filed for eviction ...

People working with the Community Alliance for the Homeless’ Continuum of Care Planning Committee gathered on Jan. 20 and to discuss strategies for facing the changes in the funding process. Photo by ...

Opponents of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline celebrate at Alonzo Weaver Park in Southwest Memphis after the developer announced the project’s cancellation July 2. Photo by Lucy Garrett for MLK50 MLK50 ...

Jessica James had to get up and down that ramp. Her job at FedEx’s World Hub was to help ensure the trucks in her area were loaded and unloaded on time. That meant navigating forklifts on sloped ramps ...

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America; Image of the Shelby County Youth and ...

Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Source images: Andrea Morales/MLK50, screenshot by MLK50, U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley via Wikimedia Commons Marilyn Gooch was already ...

Students at Crosstown High School walked out of school in March 2023 and held a rally to protest lax gun laws in the wake of the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. Photo by Andrea Morales ...

Seen through the viewfinder of a news video camera, President Donald Trump (center) sits at a table at the Tennessee National Guard Airlift Wing on Monday. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight ...

Susie Mitchell stands for a portrait in the room she’s renting at a home in Frayser. Mitchell has been here since she and her mother were evicted from their Whitehaven apartment in August. They ...