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09/25/2025

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Is this the Memphis you want to live in? As the city waits for the National Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, To***co, Fi****ms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security… to arr...

09/24/2025

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Apparently, the National Guard is coming to Memphis. We don’t know when. We don't know what they’ll be doing. We don’t know what justification they’ll have for the invasion. But we do know it’s another case of local wishes being preempted by the whims of state leadership.

09/23/2025

At MLK50, we want our work to make tangible changes in workers’ lives. We've created multiple resources to help, including guides on dealing with difficult landlords, evictions, and how to access assistance money for rent and utilities.

Resources and Guides Our goal is that our work makes meaningful, tangible changes in workers’ lives. We’ve created these tools to help. Suggest a resourceor guide Submit your suggestion…

09/19/2025

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09/18/2025

Here's what you missed this morning on MLK50: The truth is spoken here 💯 -

Apparently, the National Guard is coming to Memphis. We don’t know when. We don't know what they’ll be doing. We don’t know what justification they’ll have for the invasion. But we do know it’s another case of local wishes being preempted by the whims of state leadership.

09/16/2025

“Once the trustees are appointed, what types of changes do they want to see? Because it’s all good for you to say we are the city and this is the city’s money, but how involved are you gonna be in the day-to-day operations of MATA without disturbing the power of the actual board?” asked bus rider Allison Donald.

Council Chairman J. Ford Canale (right) chats with Council Attorney Allan Wade (second from right) during a private attorney-client session as seen through the glass panes in the committee room at …

09/15/2025

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09/14/2025

While the names of two co-trustees over MATA have been announced, riders still have questions. https://mlk50.co/3I5N0YQ

09/14/2025

Achieving upward mobility doesn’t require just making a steady income but also accumulating wealth.

Yet too often, policies intended to help more Americans become financially secure focus on increasing either income or wealth—not both.

To help more families achieve upward mobility, local policymakers and leaders should create financial security policies and programs that help residents buil…

09/13/2025

At least 42 people have been killed inside Mississippi prisons in the past decade, leaving scores of grieving families questioning a system that fails to protect people in its custody or hold anyone accountable.

At least 42 incarcerated people have been killed in the last decade. Just six people have been convicted in their deaths.

09/13/2025

Years of underfunding have brought the Memphis Area Transit Authority to the tipping point. How can everyone get on the same bus? Read the series:

Riding the line: Memphis and the need for public transportation Years of underfunding have brought the Memphis Area Transit Authority to the tipping point. How can everyone get on the same bus?&nbs…

09/12/2025

‘I do not support the National Guard’ deployment, says Young, but mayor hopes to have say in how guardsmen operate in the city. https://mlk50.co/47GMyup

After President Donald Trump announced on Fox News Friday that he plans to send the  National Guard into Memphis, city leadership and legal experts were both left with questions.  In an i…