Wendic Thomas News Today

Journalism is a powerful tool. For centuries, media has been used to villify communties of color but it has also made change for the good. At Next City, we use journalism to spread solutions to social issues. But it can also be used to hold the powerful accountable, highlight the work of community members and change longheld narratives about people, places and ideas.  During this conversation, we’ll speak with community-centered journalists about the current media landscape, their vis...

How these journalists are using their work in service of community and equity.

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.

A transplant program in Memphis took pride in replacing the livers of patients turned away by other hospitals. One patient’s liver transplant illustrates the promise and peril of operating on people with serious risk factors.

By Max Blau, photography by Lucy Garrett for ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. This story was produced in partnership with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism and co-published with the Commercial Appeal. On a brisk morning in the winter of 2019, at a standing-room-only...

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

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Jessica ames’ death illustrates the risks inherent in a culture where speed is of the essence and safety comes a distant second, say former FedEx employees.

Wendi C. Thomas is a black journalist who has covered police in Memphis. One officer admitted to spying on her. She’s on a long list of prominent black journalists and activists who have been subjected to police surveillance over decades.