Melonee GainesinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismBoys & Girls Club puts Memphis youth on path toward marketable skills, living wageTeens, young adults earn to learn, making moves that pay off for a lifetime—now if the city could just fix the bus schedule …Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2018
Melonee GainesinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismMayor Strickland goes on defense of public critique from ‘outsider’ Angela RyeMayor’s terse public response to Rye’s #IAmMemphis speech, shows city has a lot more more “woke” to doFeb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
Melonee GainesinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismThistle and Bee offers dignity, livable wage to women leaving local sex economyVulnerable women get a second chance to build a life on their terms creating healthy, healing productsDec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017
Melonee GainesinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismFor Code Crew founders, paying a living wage is the right thing to doThe nonprofit trains youth of color to be the next generation of techies and practices the economic justice MLK preachedNov 28, 2017Nov 28, 2017
Melonee GainesinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismCity boot law aims to rein in rogue towing companiesEffective Oct. 1, ordinance seeks to put the brakes on fees and fines that exploit citizens and criminalize the poorOct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017
Melonee GainesinAfro BeingPraying in the temples of #DopeBlackWomen“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free…Jul 12, 20151Jul 12, 20151
Melonee GainesinAfro BeingAn introduction to this #AfroBeingAfro Being is a claimed space for the Black southern body politic. Who we be and where we at.Jul 8, 20151Jul 8, 20151