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[ August 26, 2026 ] Curtis Nichouls – A visionary who saw Mississippi on the big screen Entertainment
[ August 26, 2026 ] The Greatest! Ten Years On… News
[ August 26, 2026 ] Michael Jackson would have turned 68. In Las Vegas, his music is filling the room again. Entertainment
[ August 19, 2026 ] Do not count on your neighbor to vote. You must vote, too. National
[ August 19, 2026 ] Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center’s CEO earns one of Community Health’s highest national honors Health

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

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 […]

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

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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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