Students at Memphis Business Academy organized a protest on Feb. 27 in support of their classmate, a junior named Yasser, who was detained by ICE a week ...

Jesse Jackson gets into a car after a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum in 2018. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 There are people whose stature ...

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Left: Thermal drone imagery captured by Floodlight shows more than a dozen unpermitted turbines operating at xAI’s gas plant in Southaven, Miss. Right: Standard aerial image of the same site. Photo by ...

Students in a MAP-South drama class practice a scene from “Go Down Moses” at LeMoyne-Owen College in 1969. From left are: Carol Gibbs, 15; ...

The Shelby County flag is seen behind Mayor Lee Harris during a press conference addressing conditions at the local jail on Jan. 15, 2026. Photo by Kevin ...

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Jerri Green, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and director of the Shelby County Department of Corrections Anthony Alexander answer questions during a press conference in June 2025. Photo by Andrea ...

Black mold grows on the ceiling of the bathroom at Pinebrook Pointe in July 2025. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America While city code enforcement was declaring entire ...

Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations agents working with the Tennessee State Highway Patrol search a car during a traffic stop on Summer Avenue in November 2025. Photo ...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young delivers his State of the City address at First Baptist Church Broad in Binghampton on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America Memphis ...