There’s an expression used in Mexico to point out a great song: “Hey, just listen to that cumbión!” Although it sometimes carries mock or admiration overtones, cumbia is a folk genre and dance here to […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Members of Beta Gamma Boule and the National Grand Boule of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity presented a joint donation to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum September 12 at the museum located […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, With the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) was among the first to cast a vote in favor of H.R. 8015, […]
By Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer, Seattle’s Jason Myers kicked the ball through the end zone to open Seattle’s season at Atlanta. No one else on the field moved. Instead, the Seahawks and Falcons dropped […]
Weigh-in day is a boxer’s second most demanding public ritual. Fighters slim down for a photographed stare-down, and then only have 24 hours to rehydrate and mentally prepare. Standing nose-to-nose with the undefeated fighter Steven […]
BLACK VOTES MATTER MOBILIZING AND MAXIMIZING GOTV The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), The Black Press of America, announces the Virtual NNPA 2020 Annual Leadership Awards Reception. Each year, the NNPA recognizes courageous Americans that […]
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/ Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi’s ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State […]
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) _ Dozens of demonstrators gathered in a Mississippi county to call for the removal of a Confederate monument officials have previously refused to relocate. A group of veterans, business leaders and community […]
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