Leon Phillips grew up in a hard-scrabble family in rural Ohio, where his grandmother, known affectionately and a little ...

She’ll be pumping gas or buying groceries, at a community or other sundry event, doing everyday things. A person in the near ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in ...

A photograph found in Ariel J. Cobbert’s family’s archive sits on an old photo album. Photo by Ariel J. Cobbert for MLK50 ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in five years, many Shelby County families are missing out on supplemental ...

As seen through the window of a MATA bus, passengers wait at the Hudson Transit Center in downtown Memphis in October 2024. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to ...

This story has been republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout. Read the original story here. A Memphis domestic violence agency has abruptly closed its doors amid an urgent fight for state ...

The Harvard economist’s work fits with other research that shows economically disadvantaged students have brighter futures when they attend low-poverty schools, thanks to the school’s quality ...

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