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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trekeria Rainey poses for a portrait on Mud Island in Memphis. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America When I was 15, I spent nine months in juvenile detention. Every day looked ...

Rachael Goodwin Spriggs and other Tennesseans protested during a House committee meeting that was a part of the special session on May 6. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 They sang, chanted, cried and ...

Tennessee Democrats locked arms on the House floor in protest of a GOP redistricting vote that split the state’s only majority-Black, minority-Democrat Congressional district around Memphis in three.

I’ve been thinking about that saying since last week, when Memphis was divided by three and Memphians’ voting power was diluted. If you’re not familiar, the phrase points to the embrace of Black ...

State Sen. London Lamar, a Memphis Democrat, holds a photo of the new U.S. House map passed by Tennessee Republicans. Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout This story was republished with ...

One of Kerrie Washington’s children runs down the hall (right) while at home in Grahamwood Place Apartments (left). Like some of her neighbors, Washington and her family have had issues with cracks ...