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Black Memphis, Black History: The sadness and sound of Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Chris JonesWednesday, February 24, 2021
Feature Story Archie "A.W." Willis, Jr. stands at center. Seated are members of the Memphis State Eight. These students were the first to integrate what is now the University of Memphis.

Black Memphis, Black History: The legacy of A.W. Willis

Chris JonesThursday, February 11, 2021
Feature Story Victoria Kintner-Duffy sits on her porch in Central Gardens with her daughter. Her daughter is 6 1/2 years old and was diagnosed with autism at 4. Kintner-Duffy said it's been a years-long process to get a diagnosed and proper support. (Ziggy Mack)

Memphis mom and SCS share challenges and successes of special education in the pandemic

Erica HortonThursday, December 10, 2020
Feature Story Michele Simmons is a North Memphis resident and a student in High Ground's North Memphis Community Correspondents program. (Cole Bradley)

Dispatches from North Memphis: Meet Michele Simmons

Cole BradleyWednesday, November 18, 2020
Feature Story Christine Jones and her mother Irma (behind) walk down the hall toward an exam room while being seen at the Guthrie Primary Care Clinic in Smokey City, North Memphis. (Andrea Morales, 2017).

Healthcare has never been equitable and the pandemic is proof

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyThursday, November 12, 2020
Feature Story Soulsville in pictures 5

Community Foundation, MLK50 to host discussion on need for more Black college grads

Cole BradleyThursday, November 12, 2020
Feature Story In June, activist occupied Memphis City Hall's plaza and covered it in the names of Black Americans killed by law enforcement. MICAH held a rally on the plaza demanding policing reform and other changes toward a more just Memphis. (Cole Bradley)

MICAH wants Memphians to get in 'good trouble' at virtual public meeting this Sunday

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 21, 2020
Feature Story Kenzie Cleaves stands inside a vacant unit in her North Memphis apartment complex that she said has been unsecured for over a year. Unsafe housing conditions can increase COVID-19-related deaths. (Ziggy Mack)

In poor communities, toxic housing is a risk factor for COVID-19 deaths

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyWednesday, September 30, 2020
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Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities

Thursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Calls to LINC 2-1-1 centers have more than doubled during the pandemic. (Office of Jim Strickland)

In the pandemic and utility crisis, Memphis' librarians are the hidden heroes

Ashley DavisThursday, August 27, 2020
Feature Story School nurse Patricia McCraw prepares medication for a student at A.B. Hill Elementary. McCraw is part of a school nurse pilot program facilitated by Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Shelby County Schools, and Urban Child Institute. (Cat Evans)

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy good health. Experts discuss health inequity in Memphis.

Cole BradleyFriday, August 21, 2020
Feature Story Frank Johnson looks towards North Memphis' Penn A Kem, LLC chemical plant on the left hand side of the road. On the right is Douglass High School. (Ziggy Mack)

The Pandemics: Decades of environmental racism is making COVID-19 more deadly in Black communities

Baris Gursakal & Cole BradleyThursday, August 20, 2020
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