Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidates, clockwise from left, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state ...

A screenshot from body camera footage from a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer shows Memphis Police Officers and Homeland Security agents working together to see which passengers they could detain ...

There is a disconnect between what we know in Memphis about freedom and the history being performed at the forefront of America’s 250th Independence Day ...

Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution ...

Rebecca Cadenhead and Kevin Wurm. Photo illustration by MLK50 MLK50’s youth justice and life reporter Rebecca Cadenhead and visual journalist Kevin Wurm ...

The single-story red house sits beside a vacant corner lot where insects buzz in the tall grass. Inside, it’s mostly empty, with three gray bedrooms and a kitchen full of flooring supplies. But as he ...

People protesting against the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers stacked boxes with signed petitions outside Gov. Bill Lee’s office door at the Tennessee State Capitol on May 18. Photo by Madison ...

Folks who traveled from Memphis, including (from left) Tikeila Rucker, Rachel Spriggs and LJ Abraham, marched with people from across the state outside of the Tennessee State Capitol following the ...

A Memphis resident’s ‘I Voted’ sticker is seen after voting in the primary election on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America Memphis voters braved the rain Tuesday ...

Protestors laid across one of the entrances to the xAI Colossus 1 data center for two hours on Friday. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 The people lying on the pavement are singing. Marchin’ on to ...

Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, speaks in support of three Democratic lawmakers during expulsion proceedings on the floor of the House chamber on April 6, 2023. Photo by George Walker IV/AP Update: ...