MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | Memphis, Tennessee
WEBMLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power and public policy — issues about which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cared deeply.
It’s been 4 years since MLK50 was born; lessons from the founder …
WEBApr 4, 2021 · We’ve forced institutions to change policy and raise workers’ pay.We’ve increased transparency, elevated the civic conversation around wages, rattled the status quo and of course, broken news. And now, we are 4. My initial plan was for MLK50 to be a one-year project that would end April 4, 2018. The headline on our first story: “The case for justice through journalism.”
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Neighborhoods - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBAfter the Poor People’s Campaign faded, Memphis tenant organizers carried the torch. Where did the movement go? by Justin A. Davis. Tyre Nichols’ death began with a traffic stop. Now, organizers want to rethink public safety. by Brittany Brown.
MLGW likes the progress it’s making on lead line replacement, but ...
WEBJan 14, 2022 · So far, MLGW has inspected about 40,000 lines and has marked around 14,000 as either lead service lines or unknown, meaning the line requires more extensive digging and inspection to evaluate, Newman said.
‘Memphis Seven’ members are still at work and still fighting for …
WEB5 days ago · It’s been over two years since Sanchez and six colleagues — dubbed “the Memphis Seven” — were fired after they tried to unionize their Poplar-Highland store. At the request of the National Labor Relations Board, the District Court of the Western District District of Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction against their …
A week of rest for MLK50 - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBAug 23, 2024 · A week of rest for MLK50. We will publish again after Sept. 3. by MLK50 Staff August 23, 2024. AUDRE LORDE. Photo illustration by Andrea Morales for MLK50. It was the late great Audre Lorde who said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”.
An MLK50 celebration - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Adrienne Johnson Martin is executive editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Contact her at adrienne.martin@mlk50.com. Tagged: Downtown from the editor hidden. Some of the MLK50: Justice Through Journalism staff, past and present, at our fifth anniversary party on June 11, 2022 at Brickwood Hall in downtown.
MLK50 founder Wendi C. Thomas to receive national press …
WEBJun 7, 2022 · Thomas will be recognized with the Freedom of the Press Local Champion Award, which honors a journalist, attorney or organization whose work has had a significant impact locally. She is the founding editor and publisher of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom in Memphis focused on poverty, power and public policy.A 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for ...
Shelby County, a hotspot for HIV, forfeited $3M in federal HIV …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · This story has been republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout Read the original story here.. Shelby County continues to experience one of the highest HIV rates in the nation – designated one of 48 “hotspots” that are collectively responsible for half of all new U.S. infections.