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“When children are exposed to a traumatic event, including a violent crime, their response may vary.” – American Academy of Pediatrics Hundreds of yellow...
This story is a collaboration between the Institute and Jacob Steimer at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power...
Attorneys for Alicia Franklin cite new evidence, saying police may have been "protecting" suspect Cleotha Henderson
Shelby County’s two-decade effort to reduce infant mortality has been a stunning success by many measures. Babies here are twice as likely to be...
When they joined a religious order decades ago, Maureen Griner and Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer took vows of poverty. The Ursuline Sisters of Mount St....
For tens of thousands of children in Memphis, most of them children of color, poverty is not a temporary living condition. It’s a trap...
A judge dismisses Alicia Franklin's suit, while another judge certifies a class action suit for failure to test rape kits
Records show MPD uses controversial tactics across its 1,900-member force to arrest young Black men in disproportionate numbers
Breaking a long silence, the girlfriend of accused murderer Cleotha Henderson adds new questions to a troubling case
As City Council prepares to vote on six police reform measures, MPD says top management changes unrelated to the SCORPION controversy