Neighborhoods Stories from your part of Memphis. Alcy-Ball Which Shelby County neighborhoods see the most bankruptcies? by Jacob Steimer Shelby County ranks No. 1 in bankruptcy. Here’s why. by Jacob Steimer Memphis needs more apartments, but neighbors are getting in the way by Jacob Steimer Binghampton Memphis needs affordable housing. But it’s gotten harder to build. by Jacob Steimer Memphis Seen: Ariel Cobbert’s quest for tenderness and transformation by Andrea Morales Community lost: Binghampton residents forced out as home flipper moves in by Eric Anthony, Mary Humphrey and Eric Brown, as told to Jacob Steimer Boxtown We see you, Memphis by Andrea Morales and Adrienne Johnson Martin Young leaders take spotlight for gun-law change, structural reform by Thomas Goldsmith Rep. Justin J. Pearson expelled for speaking against gun violence by Adrienne Johnson Martin Castalia Heights Young Dolph’s gifts included more than rapping by Kirstin L. Cheers Young Dolph told stories about poverty, power and policy too by Carrington J. Tatum Community seeks solutions from the tragedy of Young Dolph’s death by Carrington J. Tatum Cooper-Young Local immigrants fear impact of new state law, but say Young is listening by Katherine Burgess With food instability increasing, residents get support from community sources by Sono Motoyama What this white comic found at their kids’ school isn’t funny. It’s racist. by Katrina Coleman Crosstown Change in Memphis starts with creating Black wealth by Tomeka Hart Wigginton Embracing freedom at Queer Prom by Paige Andersen and Andrea Morales Gov. Lee’s proposed gun dispossession plan fails domestic violence victims by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio Douglass When the Black Panthers united with Memphis tenants by Justin A. Davis After the Poor People’s Campaign faded, Memphis tenant organizers carried the torch. Where did the movement go? by Justin A. Davis Tyre Nichols’ death began with a traffic stop. Now, organizers want to rethink public safety by Brittany Brown Downtown After victory, what’s next for the Memphis Tenants Union? by Jacob Steimer They charged Frances Thompson with indecency when all she wanted to do was live a safe life by Justin A. Davis Jesse Epps launches the American Tenants Union so poor people can control their own destinies by Justin A. Davis Frayser Here’s how Paul Young intends to fix Memphis’ housing problems by Jacob Steimer The media may have misled you about Hickory Hill, Tyre Nichols’ neighborhood by Jacob Steimer Memphis landlords discriminate based on race, source of income, study finds by Jacob Steimer Glenview Council to consider some name dropping, community lifting for streets, public spaces by Carrington J. Tatum and Jacob Steimer Why did one Memphis ZIP code lose 22% of its population in 10 years? by Jacob Steimer Kayla Gore moves the ‘T’ to the front in advocating for LGBTQ rights, housing by Celeste Williams Greenlaw From threatened to thriving: How do we make Memphians safe? by Chris McCoy, Memphis Flyer Embattled MPD set sights on the little guy – children downtown, and we have big questions by Brittany Brown What would it take to drive tourism to Memphis’ black neighborhoods? by Melonee Gaines and Deborah Douglas Hickory Hill General Assembly makes Tennessee’s eviction laws tougher on tenants by Jacob Steimer It’s time to pay attention to how police violence harms community health by Sono Motoyama Can there be police-community reconciliation without ‘acknowledgment of harm’? by Katherine Burgess Hollywood Memphis’ unmet promise leaves Black burial sites in disarray by Katti Gray Velsicol closed its chemical plant 10 years ago; Memphis still endures its toxic legacy by Ashli Blow and Eli Motycka, Tennessee Lookout Memphis, Shelby County officials in race with falling temperatures to solidify warming center plan by Shiraz Ahmed Hyde Park When get-out-the-vote becomes get-out-the-vaccine by Hannah Grabenstein Analysis: Political influence gives birth to tax subsidies for apartment developers by Tom Jones Visualizing dreams and reality by Andrea Morales Klondike Inflation forces already food-insecure workers to make more cuts by Brittany Brown Do you live in one of Memphis’ Blackest, whitest or most segregated neighborhoods? Read this story to find out. by Jacob Steimer In the weeds: City Council discusses challenges in keeping Memphis mowed by Jacob Steimer Midtown Kids in these neighborhoods face the highest risk of lead poisoning by Jacob Steimer Hip-hop is 50. Twenty-five years ago, Memphis rappers started writing rhymes of resistance by Justin A. Davis What life is like ‘on the run’ by Jacob Steimer Millington In Pearson’s return, Memphis finds its place in Nashville by Adrienne Johnson Martin and Andrea Morales Looking for a COVID test? Expect scarce appointments, long lines by Hannah Grabenstein Pervis Payne and the color of capital punishment in the South by Joia Erin Thornton New Chicago Developing in Orange Mound isn’t easy: Here’s why two artists are trying by Jacob Steimer Blight Authority of Memphis ramps up programs to revitalize communities by Hannah Grabenstein The year in making a difference by Andrea Morales North Memphis Memphis leads the nation in bankruptcies. Who’s using it and why? by Jacob Steimer 6 tips for dealing with bad landlords by Jacob Steimer Min. Yahweh stood up for all injustices by Wiley Henry Nutbush They call her ‘Bus Driver’ and she calls them family by Hannah Grabenstein Deeper engagement leads to rise in COVID shots among Latinos by Hannah Grabenstein Oakhaven Is Tennessee aiding the ‘silent killer’? by Sono Motoyama Soaked carpets and no A/C: Memphians describe renting from Prager Group by Jacob Steimer Once again, Black Memphians make up vast majority of new COVID cases by Hannah Grabenstein Orange Mound Memphis Seen: Photographer Noah Stewart finds his vantage point by Andrea Morales Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the ‘Renaissance’ she’s overdue? by Justin A. Davis Changes in the bail system seem close, but it’s on the ballot, too by Brittany Brown Parkway Village Public board criticizes tenants, questions point of ending notorious landlord’s tax break by Jacob Steimer Could collective action and an obscure government board protect local tenants? by Jacob Steimer Widowed, betrayed and evicted: One woman’s story from an eviction crisis by Jacob Steimer Prospect Park Memphis neighborhood’s gas station fight is spurring changes in zoning law by Carrington J. Tatum City Council pauses new gas station, used tire shop projects in Memphis by Carrington J. Tatum In the depths of 2020, these Memphians helped us see hope by Andrea Morales Raleigh Feeling neglected, Parkway Village residents try to rebuild after ‘white flight’ by Jacob Steimer How can criminal justice reformers keep the faith in the face of fear? by Wendi C. 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Community lost: Binghampton residents forced out as home flipper moves in by Eric Anthony, Mary Humphrey and Eric Brown, as told to Jacob Steimer
Gov. Lee’s proposed gun dispossession plan fails domestic violence victims by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio
After the Poor People’s Campaign faded, Memphis tenant organizers carried the torch. Where did the movement go? by Justin A. Davis
Tyre Nichols’ death began with a traffic stop. Now, organizers want to rethink public safety by Brittany Brown
They charged Frances Thompson with indecency when all she wanted to do was live a safe life by Justin A. Davis
Jesse Epps launches the American Tenants Union so poor people can control their own destinies by Justin A. Davis
Council to consider some name dropping, community lifting for streets, public spaces by Carrington J. Tatum and Jacob Steimer
Embattled MPD set sights on the little guy – children downtown, and we have big questions by Brittany Brown
What would it take to drive tourism to Memphis’ black neighborhoods? by Melonee Gaines and Deborah Douglas
Velsicol closed its chemical plant 10 years ago; Memphis still endures its toxic legacy by Ashli Blow and Eli Motycka, Tennessee Lookout
Memphis, Shelby County officials in race with falling temperatures to solidify warming center plan by Shiraz Ahmed
Do you live in one of Memphis’ Blackest, whitest or most segregated neighborhoods? Read this story to find out. by Jacob Steimer
Hip-hop is 50. Twenty-five years ago, Memphis rappers started writing rhymes of resistance by Justin A. Davis
In Pearson’s return, Memphis finds its place in Nashville by Adrienne Johnson Martin and Andrea Morales
Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the ‘Renaissance’ she’s overdue? by Justin A. Davis
Public board criticizes tenants, questions point of ending notorious landlord’s tax break by Jacob Steimer
Memphis doesn’t see a lot of capital investment – and when it does, the money goes to white neighborhoods by Jacob Steimer
The best of times – or the worst of times: What changes for you under a Trump or Biden administration? by MLK50 Staff
City leaders always talk about crime, yet this violence-interruption program only got a six-month trial by Sono Motoyama
