Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismMemphis needs some real talk on the effects of school resegregationJournalists Nikole Hannah-Jones, Wendi C. Thomas to discuss disturbing trend in Halloran Centre talk led by Tami SawyerMar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismAnnual Memphis homeless count seeks real number of folks with no place to goAs ‘moral documents,’ Poor People’s Campaign’s Edie Love says civic budgets must remember the unsheltered, tooJan 27, 2018Jan 27, 2018
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismErasure Southern style?City officials tune out #TakeEmDown901 activists and the black woman who helped topple Memphis’ Confederate statuesJan 9, 2018Jan 9, 2018
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismSurviving 1968 sanitation workers break ground on planned I AM A MAN PlazaPlaza to honor sacrifice of sanitation workers and MLK, who died trying to help Memphis and more achieve economic justiceDec 11, 2017Dec 11, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismPeaceful #TakeEmDown901 rally turns tense, taking protest to the streets with a standoff, 8 arrestsA timeline of efforts to remove Confederate statues in Memphis.Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismMemphis stands against racism, in solidarity with Charlottesville, Va.Deadly violence followed white supremacists’ demonstration in Virginia. Hours later, Memphians answered the call to stand up.Aug 13, 2017Aug 13, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismImmigrant rights group disrupts shopping at Wal-Mart over ties to prison industryWith Salsa music and a dance-in, Cosecha Memphis called for a boycott of the retailer because of the store’s connection to the private…Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismOne year later, Memphians remember the bridge protestDozens honored the memory of the largest spontaneous protest in recent history by speaking about the change they want to seeJul 10, 2017Jul 10, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismPolicing the ProtestersMemphis Police Director Michael Rallings talks about his role, one year after citizens took a stand on the bridge to demand changeJul 8, 2017Jul 8, 2017
Micaela WattsinMLK50: Justice Through JournalismAs Medicaid Cuts Loom, Disability Advocates Fear the WorstThe Senate’s Obamacare repeal legislation could make the quest for independent living a lost cause for adults with disabilities.Jun 22, 2017Jun 22, 2017