Photo illustration by Andrea Morales for MLK50 At the end of the last legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly ...

In January, a new “blended sentencing” law will go into effect in Tennessee that could usher hundreds of children into the ...

Jade Cooper holds her newborn while standing for a portrait at Germanshire Park in October. Cooper delivered her two children while working with Shanille ...

Rodney Wells wears a shirt that honors his son, Tyre Nichols, and his love of sunsets during a community gathering in October ...

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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 ...

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Sammie Hunter rides the bus in 2017. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Just before the Memphis Area Transit Authority Board voted to cut routes, bus rider Annika Easley urged those board members to ...