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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

Sins of our past: Apologies for 1970 Jackson State shootings

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press, The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and the state senator for District 27 both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and state police officers that killed […]

Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU’s Gibbs-Green tragedy

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, PH.D Contributing Writer, On Friday, May 14, the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University hosted via its Facebook page a virtual gallery talk of the May 1970 Gibbs-Green Tragedy. Featured […]

Congressman Bennie Thompson addresses Jackson State University 2021 graduates

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, The ceremony for the 2021 Undergraduate Class of Jackson State University was held at 9 a.m., Saturday May 8, at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in Jackson, MS. The keynote speaker was U. […]

Jackson State honors 2021 grad school students and Golden Class of 1971: First of three commencement ceremonies

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By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Contributing Writer, We learn in Ecclesiastes (NIV) that “there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Such is the case of Jackson State University’s […]

Storm brings damage to Northeast Jackson homes

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Storms sweeping through Jack son Tuesday caused damage to several homes throughout the city with power lines down, trees resting on roof tops and vehicles, roads blocked by tree branches and […]

Banks calls special city council meeting on crime “Tackling Jackson’s crime crisis”

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, With violent crime constantly climbing in the city of Jackson, Aaron Banks, president of the Jackson City Council, held a special council meeting in the form of a town hall at […]

Church honors Dr. Jerry Young and First Lady Helen Young for 41 years of pastoral service

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Pastor Jerry Young and First Lady Helen Young were honored Sunday by the New Hope church family in recognition of Dr. Young’s 41st pastoral anniversary. The virtual ceremony was held at […]

Kendrick J. Amerson takes oath to support the constitution of MS and the U.S.

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By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Throughout the nation, statistics show that only 5% of all lawyers in the United States are African Americans. This is the same percentage that existed 10 years ago, even though 13.4% […]

Mississippi musicians discuss their careers in classical music

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By Aaron Terrett, Contributing Writer, Although Mississippi is known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” its contributions are generally tied to blues, jazz, rock, country and gospel. However, there are five Mississippi musicians breaking the […]

Fitzgerald named Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference

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By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) named Yusef Fitzgerald the Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year for 2021. Fitzgerald is the head men’s basketball coach at Hinds […]