Visitors to First Congregational Church’s food pantry make their way through the day’s offerings on April 8. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Veronica Wilder’s white hair is colored with streaks of ...

Having a juvenile record can make it harder for you to access housing, jobs and educational opportunities. Fortunately, many juvenile records can be ...

Last month, officials from TransPro, the consulting firm leading the Memphis Area Transit Authority, announced two major revelations: prior leadership ...

Seen from the window of a MATA board bus tour in Oct. 2024, a man crosses the street near the William Hudson Transit Center. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Memphis Area Transit Authority riders ...

Short on rent? Before you resort to high-interest loans or other avenues for quick cash, check whether you qualify for any of these programs. A variety of Memphis agencies offer one-time assistance ...

Clockwise from top left: Rev. Keith Norman; Dr. Audrey Townsel; Daniel Kiel; Toney Armstrong; Amber Sherman; Lucian Dervan; Zayid Saleem; Austin Wyatt, Sr.; Rev. Rosalyn Nichols (center) Photo ...

ProPublica announced on Thursday that Wendi C. Thomas, the founder of the award-winning nonprofit newsroom MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, will be rejoining ProPublica’s Distinguished Fellows ...

Justin Adkins sits for a portrait at Catholic Charities of West Tennessee in Midtown on January 28. Photo by Ziggy Mack for MLK50 After learning to walk again, Justin Adkins traded 14 years of ...

One of the members of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association, Inc. holds his hat during a prayer at a press conference the organization held on Feb. 5 to discuss its progress in the case for ...

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 ...