Education
In one East Memphis ZIP code, 1 in 4 students has a voucher. In a Black ZIP code nearby, 1 in 500.
A third of Tennessee's 35,000 voucher recipients live in 20 ZIP codes, and nearly 200 ZIP codes have none
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Memphis
Politics
73% of the people living near Boxtown’s data centers are Black. Now voters can see where candidates stand.
One week before Election Day, the NAACP's new dashboard maps 2,770 data centers, built or planned, and asks candidates in 17 states about them
Politics
Memphis lost its data center moratorium on a 6-6 tie. One council member was home with a family emergency.
The council passed a 135-day pause instead, after banning six residents from its meetings and a federal judge lifted the ban hours before the vote
Politics
Memphis was cut into three districts. Black voters have until Thursday to use early voting.
A federal court let Tennessee's new map stand, and the Memphis seat now leans Republican by 21 points