The Mississippi Delta town launched a petition in hopes of bringing director Ryan Coogler and his team to the community that ...

Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Easter Knox’s brick home in Boxtown has a garden, space for ...

Michael Marshall, creator of PCONN, a ride-sharing service that helps people visit incarcerated loved ones, was the event’s ...

Former police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith are facing up to an additional 60 years in prison if convicted.

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Black renters are more likely to live in subsidized units with unsafe or unhealthy conditions such as faulty plumbing, unreliable heat, or broken elevators than their white counterparts, yet often pay ...

This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Easter Knox’s brick home in Boxtown has a garden, space for her dog to run and a bench ...

After spending more than two years in two different prisons in two different states, Brittany Martin believed her fight with ...

Gwen Smith thinks lovingly of the three decades she spent living in Collier Heights, reflecting on a close-knit community filled with neighbors who knew one another’s names and were always eager to ...

Residents have been in a fight with county leaders over their voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to displacement.