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The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Under sweltering heat, upwards of three hundred men, women, and children marched to the Mississippi State Capitol for The Thousand Man March, part of the broader Thousand Man Movement headquartered […]

Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide

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By Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D., Contributing Writer, The death of 21-year-old Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a student at Delta State University, continues to raise urgent questions after authorities ruled his death a suicide. Reed was discovered […]

A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States? – The roots and realities of U.S. deportation policies. Deportation to achieve racial banishment

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series Until now, no one had fully detailed or mapped who gets deported in the U.S. We often hear numbers from […]

Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years

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By Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today , This article is part of a reporting collaboration by The Mississippi Link, Mississippi Today, Clarion Ledger, Hattiesburg American and The Marshall Project – Jackson. During the war, Denorris “Nod” […]

Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Surely God weeps. Thirty-one years old, married, two young children, looked up to by so many Americans and beyond. The White House, in the Trump administrations, had an open-door policy […]

JSU alumnus Tramell Tillman makes history

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, Jackson State University (JSU) alumnus Tramell Tillman, ’08, made history September 14, 2025 at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, becoming the first Black actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting […]

The Republican Party is in lock step but is it the right step?

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By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., President Emeritus, Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, The Republican Party reminds me of a quartet because they always come together at the end. Quartets have different melodies and […]

Damon Stevenson appointed to newly created Circuit Court Judgeship in Hinds County by Governor Tate Reeves

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By Othor Cain, Guest Writer, In a move aimed at strengthening the judicial system in Mississippi’s capital county, Governor Tate Reeves has appointed Damon Stevenson to a newly created circuit court judgeship in Hinds County. […]

The Clinton Massacre of 1875 is commemorated 150 years later – U.S. Rep. Thompson applauds awareness efforts to ‘resurrect’ this history

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By Gail H.M. Brown, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Community members, historians, elected officials, and descendants of victims gathered at Mt. Hood Missionary Baptist Church Sept. 6 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Clinton Massacre, a […]

Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants – at what cost? – In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, For the past several weeks, The Mississippi Link has partnered with American Community Media to develop a series of stories in the wake of dramatic DOGE and anti-DEI cuts in […]