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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 don't 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 and launching 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.