Social Justice
Social Justice
Column
The Black Badge of Shame
Feb 9, 2023 How a bad system can corrupt good apples.
News
“Broken Windows” and the Memphis SCORPION Unit
Feb 6, 2023 “Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols.
News
A Memphis Primer on Policing
Jan 27, 2023 A primer for those unfamiliar with Memphis's' history of demonstrations—and police’s history of surveillance.
William F. Buckley Never Fooled James Baldwin
Dec 13, 2019 The conservative author often shared the same goals as white supremacists—a reality that was not lost on his greatest intellectual rival.
Thousands of Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals
Sep 13, 2019 Low-income patients are overcoming stigmas about poverty to speak out about nonprofit hospitals that sue them. Officials are noticing.Violent Storms Sweep the South: 8 Dead, Dozens Injured
Apr 14, 2019 Tornadoes and high winds leave a trail of destruction through Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia.
An Attack on Immigrant Rights and Press Freedom
Apr 26, 2018 The president's crackdown on immigrants and his dislike for the news media collided in Memphis as a well-known journalist was arrested while covering a protest against immigration detention.
Police Brutality, Mental Illness and ‘The Memphis Model’
Oct 24, 2013 Elsa Cruz filed a federal lawsuit in New York this week, months after police shot her husband dead.
Through a Looking Glass Darkly
Mar 20, 2013
White Power to the Rescue
Jan 28, 2013 As Southern whites sink into economic and cultural despair, more and more are retreating into a fictional past. They ignore Confederate atrocities in a desperate effort to restore what they view as a lost paradise.
