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After months of vague promises from Sterilization Services of Tennessee about closing, South Memphis residents and environmental advocates believe the Florida Street facility, known for emitting a cancer-causing gas, has finally shut down.

Tenants generally dont stand much of a chance in eviction court in Shelby County.

A silent killer is lurking in homes across Shelby County. Lead is poisoning children in the Mid-South and affecting their ability to learn and grow.

This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. “See how this official murder out of hundreds marked the difference…?” Toni Morrison, “Paradise” There is a hummingbird with a shock of red in Keyana Dixon’s backyard. A mother of three, social worker and gardener, Tyre Nichols’s eldest sibling (and at 11 years his senior, his second mom) has returned to nature to be with the sun. Along with therapy, keeping five journals a...

Nonprofit hospitals pay virtually no local, state or federal income tax. In return, they provide community benefits, including charity care to low-income patients. In Memphis, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has brought 8,300 lawsuits for unpaid medical bills in just five years.

The nations housing shortage is pushing a growing number of renters, including in Memphis, to dwell in extended-stay hotels.

Dr. James Eason led the liver transplant program at Methodist University Hospital. An extraordinary cache of internal records details deaths under his watch.

"The new civil rights leaders" features portraits of Tennesseans working to expand justice, including Rep. Justin Pearson and Sen. Charlane Oliver.

Environmental justice movements work to end or stop disproportionate amounts of environmentally negative practices in vulnerable communities.

HOLYOKE, Mass.—No worker should have to die from inhaling marijuana dust. But that’s what happened to Lorna McMurrey, 27, in a Holyoke, Mass., cannabis plant, her cousin says.