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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

No justice for Rasheem Carter – twenty months and ticking – Numerous law agencies investigating horrifying act in Taylorsville – fear and suspicion remain

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The Mississippi Link newspaper returned to Taylorsville on June 12, 2024, to seek an update on the Rasheem Carter disappearance, which remains unsolved twenty months after it happened. Per the […]

Fake vs real/opposing viewpoints’ rallies seeking justice for Dau Mabil, attract national attention

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Recently, persons who rallied in two different events in Jackson, Miss. sought answers to what happened to Dau Mabil, Sundanese, Belhaven Heights man – who fled from a […]

Deep South prison populations and their High Courts: On this Juneteenth, remember our ongoing sizzling truths and find the will to act on them

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In September 2021, following the 2020 Census, the Brookings Institution reported that 58% of our nation’s African-American population resided in the South. More granular Census data reveals that between 35.9% […]

Voices of experience in these troubled times: Hard-won freedoms under assault by white nationalists jolting multi-racial Democracy

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson addressed congress, asking them to pass the Civil Rights Act. He began, “I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny […]

Department of Justice listens to Rankin citizens – DOJ, Marshall Service, and FBI hearing complaints directly from citizens

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, A gathering took place on May 21, 2024, from 6-7:30 p.m., at the Brandon Public Library at 1475 W. Government Street in Rankin County. The goal was as simple as […]

Jackson, MS to host the National Folk Festival, 2025 – 2027: The nation’s longest-running traditional arts event is coming to downtown Jackson

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced Tuesday at a press conference by the City of Jackson and the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) that Jackson has been named the official […]

Olivia Bonds ‘Miss Sweetheart America’ crowned ‘Miss Sweetheart World 2024’ – Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, Olivia Bonds, a native of Mississippi, has achieved a historic milestone in pageantry by being crowned Miss Sweetheart World 2024. Bonds, the first African American to hold the titles of Miss […]

My Career Matters Part 2

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Debra McGee serves as keynote speaker at New Hope Baptist Church Women’s Day service: Janelle Jefferson chosen as New Hope Mother of the Year

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, “Christian Women Edifying, Empowering and Equipping Others for Outreach Ministry” was the theme for the Women’s Day service at New Hope Baptist Church, held on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2024. The […]

What do you do? Fight…

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By Othor Cain, Guest Writer, Famed gospel singer Donnie McClurkin penned the song ‘Stand’ which famously asks, What do you do when you’ve done all you can And it seems like it’s never enough? And […]