MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

@MLK50Memphis

Nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of poverty, power & public policy. Inspired by #MLK #IdaBWells #JohnLewis. Rooting for everybody Black.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 5

Creator-in-Residence Amber Sherman with the latest #Memphis #xAI update: Action towards an environmental reform ordinance from Memphis City Councilwoman while Shelby County Mayor remains mostly quiet mlk50.co/4mOQdeE

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 26

How has gun violence impacted you? If you’ve been directly impacted by gun violence, live in a neighborhood with high levels of gun violence, or live in fear of gun violence, we’d like to hear from you. Please fill out this short form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

MLK50Memphis's tweet image. How has gun violence impacted you? If you’ve been directly impacted by gun violence, live in a neighborhood with high levels of gun violence, or live in fear of gun violence, we’d like to hear from you.

Please fill out this short form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 24

Editor’s notebook: Tennessee needs state political leaders to denounce violence mlk50.co/3G2ZhMH

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, said nothing in the wake of the murder of a Minnesota lawmaker. Tennessee leaders need to denounce violence.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 24

Suit seeks to block Tennessee law that makes it a crime to “harbor” certain immigrants mlk50.co/44aNCDl

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. A federal suit seeks to invalidate a new Tennessee law that would make it a felony to “harbor” immigrants without legal status.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 24

Trump says ‘complete and total’ ceasefire agreed to by Iran and Israel mlk50.co/4nxMliT

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. Missiles fired by Iran at a U.S. military base in Qatar in retaliation for strikes on Iran nuclear facilities were shot down.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

A historic Memphis community takes on the world’s richest man over environmental racism: “We’re Davids in this fight,” said State Rep. Justin J. Pearson . “It’s alright to be David because we know how the story ends.” mlk50.co/4lf3qvH

MLK50Memphis's tweet image. A historic Memphis community takes on the world’s richest man over environmental racism:

“We’re Davids in this fight,” said State Rep. Justin J. Pearson . “It’s alright to be David because we know how the story ends.” mlk50.co/4lf3qvH

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

Here’s where Shelby County families can find free meals and snacks this summer mlk50.co/4lqlgfD

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A lineage of Mississippi daughters mlk50.com/2025/06/20/a-l… via @MLK50Memphis

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

Here’s where Shelby County families can find free meals and snacks this summer mlk50.co/3GeHWAh

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

Tennessee ‘prepared to comply’ with Trump administration demand for personal data of SNAP recipients mlk50.co/4k4Pbsz

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. Tennessee will provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture with sensitive personal data on low-income recipients of federal food stamp aid.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

Lawmakers are attempting to hide who’s receiving $1.5B in tax refunds. We won’t let them mlk50.co/44oWCpP

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. On June 30, the names of businesses that received over $1.5 billion in tax refunds -- like FedEx -- will disappear from Tennessee's website.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 23

Federal magistrate judge denies government’s motion to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia mlk50.co/4ep6jbd

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. A federal magistrate judge in Nashville has denied the government’s motion to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant living in Maryland who was wrongfully sent to a Salvadoran prison by U.S....

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 22

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 22

Why ‘anti-woke’ ideology threatens everyone mlk50.co/444NMw1

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 22

BREAKING: Trump announces U.S. has struck 3 nuclear sites in Iran mlk50.co/3T3hgFK

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the U.S. has attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, and all U.S. planes were on their way back.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 21

How a raid in 1863 freeing 700 slaves became a Pulitzer Prize-winning book mlk50.co/4kPH6ci

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 21

Judge halts Trump order tying state transportation grants to immigration actions mlk50.co/3G8rsts

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. A federal judge blocked an order to yank billions of dollars for roads in states that don’t aid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 20

Trump administration move to restore gun rights to some convicts protested by Democrats mlk50.co/4ljS2is

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. The Trump administration’s decision to restore 10 convicts’ ability to legally purchase firearms and explosives violated the law.

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 20

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to lay off up to 650 after Trump administration grant cuts mlk50.co/3SXqD9Q

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, expects to lay off 650 employees as a result of grant and funding cuts by the Trump Administration,

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 20

A family favor turned into a well of reflection for Ariel J. Cobbert. While digitizing the contents of a cardboard memory box at her aunt’s home in south Mississippi, she fell into an archive that speaks to a need to preserve our stories with care. mlk50.co/3HRztDS

MLK50Memphis's tweet card. A photograph found in Ariel J. Cobbert’s family’s archive sits on an old photo album. Photo by Ariel J. Cobbert for MLK50 “Cameras gave to black folks, irrespective of our class, a means by which w…

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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism@MLK50Memphis · Jun 20

A lineage of Mississippi daughters mlk50.co/3HRztDS

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