2024 – Page 20 – The Mississippi Link

Commentary: Punishment after the punishment – Lifetime bans on voting rights for ex-felons in Mississippi is morally backward

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, For some it was the unthinkable happening when in early August 2023, a three-Judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “struck down a white supremacist law that had […]

Commentary: Governors’ final inaugural address met our expectations – Genuinely lifting Mississippi and all Mississippians definitely not in his plan

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Perhaps it’s expected when a governor delivers an inaugural address that the focus is upbeat and positive, after all, he is at that podium as a direct result of the […]

JRA receives $2.1 million from Cong. Bennie Thompson for renovations at Jackson Union Station in ‘The City with Soul’

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, A press conference was held Monday, Jan. 8, at the Union Station, 300 West Capitol Street, at 11 a.m. in Jackson, where Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS Dist., 2) presented Jackson Redevelopment […]

Judge Kenny Lewis impacts community with gifts – Learned from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, If you’ve been around Kenny Lewis for a brief moment, you would know that there is something about him that causes you to pause in observation. This Mississippian […]

Commentary: The takedown of Claudine Gay – Unnatural fall from grace; the targeting of the Black woman President of Harvard

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Is it anything new in America for African Americans in prominent positions to be targeted by European Americans? It is not, and it is just as true for women as […]

Fresh start for Hinds Co. Board of Supervisors – Hinds County voters have spoken and newly elected Supervisors take their seats

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The New Year got off to a good start for the citizens of Hinds County as the Board of Supervisors convened at 9 a.m. on January 2, 2024, for their […]

How close are we? – Cornerstone of white takeover attempt in Jackson greenlighted by Federal Judge, then halted

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate had promised previously that he would render a ruling by the end of the year on House Bill 1020, which was signed into law […]

Civil rights leader removed from movie theater for using own chair

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By Ben Finley, The Associated Press, A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology […]