This is the second piece in MLK50's ongoing series about how utility cutoffs impact working-class Memphians. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division has one

Rafiah Muhammad-McCormick, director of community outreach for Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, speaks at a press conference held by

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

Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents afraid to take kids to school. Advocates say what was supposed to be a crime-fighting effort is keeping a community in fear.

IRE strongly condemns the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home by the FBI, purportedly in an effort to seize classified documents provided to the reporter as she investigates President Donald Tru...

Republican leaders are not yet sharing details of a package of bills focused on immigration that leaders have been working on with the White House.

Tennessee State Troopers yell at demonstrators after detaining Rebecca Leathers during the "ICE Out for Good" demonstration along Summer Avenue on Jan. 11

Vecindarios 901, a Memphis rapid response network to report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities, tracks task force arrests.

Some of the library workers who are a part of the Memphis Public Library Workers United union sit for a portrait at Crosstown Concourse. Photo by Kevin

We're raising $50,000 to fuel community-centered, accountability reporting in Memphis.

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

We're raising $50,000 to fuel community-centered, accountability reporting in Memphis.

Tennessee Highway Patrol and federal agents in an unmarked car pull away on Carrington Street after law enforcement arrested Jessica Chodor as she observed one of their traffic stops a few minutes …

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

Officers with the Memphis Safe Task Force, created by President Donald Trump to target violent crime, conduct a traffic stop on Summer Avenue near N.

Shelby County officials late Friday filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee and other state leaders, seeking an immediate halt to the deployment of the National Guard in Memphis, which they say violates the ...

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

A person and their belongings rest on a bench in Civic Center Plaza. Photo by Andrea Morales/MLK50 Rick was charging his phone at an outdoor power outlet

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 / MLK…

A person and their belongings rest on a bench in Civic Center Plaza. Photo by Andrea Morales/MLK50 Rick was charging his phone at an outdoor power outlet

The National Guard troops are part of a multi-agency task force meant to suppress crime in Memphis. Guard troops started patrolling on Oct. 10, 2025.

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. Ju…

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.

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for