I truly did start off writing an op-ed, but somewhere between the truth and the pain, it turned into something else entirely: a plea to those we’ve chosen to lead us. Our local leaders have allowed outside forces to come into our city to police our people. Many have stood by passive, deferential, or worse, […]

Now is the time for local leaders to choose: courage or complicityis a post fromMLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis focusing on the intersection of poverty, power and policy.