After President Donald Trump announced on Fox News Friday that he plans to send the National Guard into Memphis, city ...

National Guard armored vehicles were lined up along Riverside Drive in May 2020. Gov. Bill Lee, like 29 other state governors ...

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 ...

The ‘Stand With Immigrants’ protest is seen in front of the Executive Office of Immigration Review building on South Main Street on July 8. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for ...

Bus riders wait for their ride at the Hudson Transit Center in downtown Memphis in October 2024. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 Members of the Memphis City Council could appoint a trustee to oversee ...

FOREGROUND: Workers on a barge use rocks to sink a willow mat into the Mississippi River at Mellwood Bend, Arkansas, in 1939. Men on the dock maintain the ...

A view of the Juvenile Court building in downtown Memphis. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America When Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon ran against former Juvenile Court ...

The number 13 bus arrives at the Hudson Transit Center in downtown Memphis in 2021. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 The Memphis Area Transit Authority has selected two finalists for the role of next ...

Ray Lepone speaks to the Trial Court Vacancy Commission at the University of Memphis School of Law on July 16. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 Both finalists for the Shelby County Criminal Court ...

Folks at a community meeting are silhouetted against the windows of the Lester Community Center in Memphis, Tennessee on July 30, 2025. Photo by Kevin Wurm/MLK50/CatchLight Local/Report for America At ...

Kevin Wurm works on assignment in downtown Memphis during a march at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Monday event in July. Photo by Andrea Morales/MLK50 We’re excited to announce that we’ve added ...