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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

Rankin NAACP unwavering, sheriff must go – Just ahead of “state sentencing” for Goon Squad, call for action to remove Rankin County sheriff gaining traction

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Gathering yet again on Saturday, April 6, 2024, the Rankin County NAACP held a Town Hall focused on two items: the state sentencing of Goon Squad members, scheduled for 9 […]

College Hill observes 117 years of service by “Reflecting Celebrating Envisioning”

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By Daphne Monix Higgins, Contributing Writer, More than a century ago, a specific oak tree stood tall on the south side of Florence Avenue in West Jackson, in an area formally known as Gowdy, Mississippi. […]

How Mississippi’s Jim Crow laws still haunt black voters today

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By Daja E. Henry, In partnership with The Marshall Project, Charles Caldwell was never meant to have a voice. Mississippi’s White ruling class made sure of it. He was part of Mississippi’s silenced majority in […]

Family and community supporters remain mystified over Dau Mabil’s disappearance

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, It’s been better than a week and a half since Dau (pronounced as Dow) Mabil was last seen by his wife, Karissa Bowley, and neighboring friends. He disappeared […]

Republican legislators’ scheme to undermine public schools – Charter schools, voucher initiatives, funding private schools including segregations academies – all undermining progress in our painfully uneducated state

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The Hospitality State, well, surely not for education, and keeping up with education funding in Mississippi is a full-time task. Lots seems to go on behind the scenes – out […]

Connecting the Dots Foundation, Inc. celebrates National Women’s History Month with notable women

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, There comes a time in her life when a woman must plot her own path. As she evolves – not a carbon copy of others – she comes […]

Press conference highlights calls for maximum sentences in Rankin County Goon Squad case

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By Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D., Contributing Writer, In a stirring press conference held Monday, March 18, attorneys Trent Walker and Malik Shabazz, representing victims Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, called for the “stiffest of sentences” […]

Finally, a long-term contract to Richard’s Disposal: 4-3 vote prevailed over the antics and dysfunction of City Council

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, After years without a long-term solid waste collection and hauling contract, Jackson City Council voted 4-3 at Tuesday’s special meeting for the city to execute a contract with Richard’s Disposal, […]

Rankin NAACP hosts another town hall on police brutality – Call for action against Sheriff Bryan Bailey amidst Goon Squad sentencing this week

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Fifty residents gathered at the Brandon Library, 1475 W. Government Street, from 6:30-8 p.m. on March 19, 2024, to renew the call for the removal of the Rankin County Sheriff […]

Free Palestine rally at the Capitol – Mississippi for Palestine speaks out as two bills seek to restrict free speech

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The United States’ support for Israel has been unwavering since its inception 75 years ago. The aid the United States provides to Israel eclipses aid to all other countries and […]