Leon Phillips grew up in a hard-scrabble family in rural Ohio, where his grandmother, known affectionately and a little ...

One of Kerrie Washington’s children runs down the hall (right) while at home in Grahamwood Place Apartments (left). Like some ...

Brittany M. Brown is the public safety and justice reporter at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. A Mississippi native with roots across Chicago, New Orleans and Guanajuato, Brittany is proud to make ...

Renee needs $166 to keep her lights on. Money has been tight — her son graduated from high school this spring, and her mother ...

The THDA knows its affordable housing policy restricts low-income people to struggling neighborhoods, but still hasn't changed it.

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.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in five years, many Shelby ...

Boxtown residents and supporters stand outside the Shelby County Health Department on April 30 during a protest organized by Memphis Community Against ...

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto has no psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment. When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for ...

Karanja Ajanaku worked as a journalist in Memphis for much of his life. Photo via Facebook. Photo illustration by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Journalist ...