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A renter with black mold in her apartment making her sick. A woman whose property managers threw away belongings in her garage, including precious family photos. A single mom in a house with faulty wiring. A family of four facing eviction due to financial hardship.
These are all real examples of Memphians facing serious problems with their rental homes. When tenant...
As Rep. Justin J. Pearson stood on stage at his election night watch party thanking his family and supporters, a check mark appeared next to the U.S. House of Representatives District 9 race on the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website....
When a Supreme Court ruling sanctioned political gerrymandering earlier this year, the Tennessee legislature’s Republican super-majority went to work. District 9, which included most of S...
When a majority of the Supreme Court sanctioned political gerrymandering, the state’s Republican majority went to work. District 9 was divided into three parts. That was the beginning of Memphians goi...
For Black women, voting has never been as simple as showing up to the polls.
Even after the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, extending constitutional voting protections regardless of sex, Black women faced barriers designed to keep them from casting a ballot.
More than a century later, Black women in Memphis reflect on the first time they vote...