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[ September 24, 2025 ] The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] 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 National
[ September 17, 2025 ] Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years News
[ September 17, 2025 ] Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good National

Boss Lady Economic Planning, former NFL player Archie Manning, and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi continue to help Rolling Fork, Mississippi tornado victims; this time by becoming first-time homeowners

The Mississippi Link Newswire, A commitment to help families in Rolling Fork, Mississippi is being fulfilled by turning storm victim renters into first time homeowners. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is assisting Nonprofit Boss Lady […]

Local athlete’s back-to-school vision positively impacts rural students

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By Gail H.M. Brown, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Rural students in Holmes County recently returned to school with a supply boost, thanks to a community athlete. On July 27, the Acona Volunteer Fire Station and Community […]

Atmos Energy Sponsors New Session Promoting Children’s Literacy at Mississippi Book Festival

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This morning, representatives from the Mississippi Book Festival and Atmos Energy gathered on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol, where Atmos Energy presented a donation of $7,500 to the Mississippi Book Festival. Marshall Ramsey, […]

State-sponsored discrimination in minority contracting, Part 3

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In the first two parts of this series, we have made crystal clear, using the state’s own data, that Mississippi awards contracts for goods and services to white companies (non-minorities) […]

Commentary: State-sponsored discrimination in Minority Contracting, Part 2

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In Part 1 of this article, published by The Mississippi Link in the July 25, 2024 issue, we laid out the obvious and ugly discrimination against minority contractors, and thereby […]

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

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By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in […]

The Tennessee Tribune Publisher Rosetta Perry celebrates milestone birthday

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Rosetta Miller-Perry, publisher of The Tennessee Tribune and long-time member of The National Newspaper Publishers Association, celebrated her 90th birthday on July 8, 2024. When asked by The Mississippi Link how […]

AMR “Earn While you Learn” program hires and presents certificates to 13 newly trained EMTs at graduation

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Ambulance services nationwide, including the state of Mississippi, are grappling with a severe shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s) and paramedics. American Medical Response, (AMR) serving Hinds County had a graduation […]

What a community pillar looks like: “Thank God for His continuous mercy and grace over my life,” Rev Argustus “AG” Harper, Sr.

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, First things first: First, you come through the daughter, then you come through two granddaughters, and only then do you meet the patriarch of the family, Reverend Argustus Harper affectionately […]

Buttigieg tours Mississippi civil rights site and says transportation is key to equity in the US

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By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday toured the home of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi’s capital city, saying afterward that transportation is important to securing […]