Delmar Gomez (left) sings in this screenshot from one of his music videos. This story was originally published by ...

The Hospitality Hub is located at 590 Washington Ave. in downtown Memphis. Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America Freezing temperatures arrived in Memphis this week, creating ...

A child sitting in the backseat of a car pulled over by the Tennessee Highway Patrol peeks through the window during a traffic stop at an Exxon located at Airways Boulevard and Winchester Road. Photo ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during a Tuesday morning press conference with Memphis Mayor Paul Young at the temporary command center for the Memphis Safe Task Force. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 ...

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, seen here in a 2023 constituent meeting at the Tennessee State Capitol, announced his intention to run for U.S. Congress. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 State Rep.

Inspired by a similar program launched by the national news outlet Mother Jones, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism has launched a creator-in-residence program for Memphis creatives. The program seeks ...

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America; Image of the Shelby County Youth and ...

More than 150 marched with the Free the 901 protest on Saturday and made their way to Memphis City Hall on Adams Avenue. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 Rallying around the cry of “opportunity, not ...

Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond said the affected schools have some of the lowest utilization and highest maintenance needs in the district. Photo by Bri Hatch for Chalkbeat This story was ...

A blight listening session was held inside the Lester Community Center on July 30. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America A proposed blight-remediation ordinance, which ...

National Guard armored vehicles were lined up along Riverside Drive in May 2020. Gov. Bill Lee, like 29 other state governors at the time, called on National Guard troops to “maintain order” in the ...

Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Source images: Andrea Morales/MLK50, screenshot by MLK50, U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley via Wikimedia Commons Marilyn Gooch was already ...