MLK50: 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.

13 hours ago · Memphis garbage workers, seen here in a 1913 photograph, collected the city’s refuse. Photo illustration by Andrea Morales for MLK50. Source image via The University of …

Jan 20, 2025 · Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a meeting at the White House in 1966. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto via Wikicommons. What does it mean to honor the legacy of a man …

Nov 21, 2024 · In January, a new “blended sentencing” law will go into effect in Tennessee that could usher hundreds of children into the adult criminal justice system with fewer checks than …

MLK50: 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.

Oct 16, 2024 · Join us Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for a live debate between the candidates vying to represent the state of Tennessee in the U.S. Senate for the next six years.

Jan 14, 2025 · We’re delighted to announce that Ayanna Johnson Watkins has joined MLK50: Justice Through Journalism as co-executive director. Along with Adrienne Johnson Martin, …

MLK50: 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.

Get your home tested. Do you live in a home built before 1978 and have children under 6 living with you or visiting often? Call the City of Memphis Lead-Safe program at 901-636-5323 or the …

Aug 5, 2024 · MLK50: Justice Through Journalism has been awarded a three-year, $1 million general operating grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to increase …