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[ October 15, 2025 ] Commentary: Two suspicious Mayoral Elections being challenged Local
[ October 15, 2025 ] Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings Local
[ October 15, 2025 ] American Heart Association celebrates the opening of the Tougaloo College Community Pantry, named in honor of Robert Smith, M.D Local
[ October 9, 2025 ] Senate District 26 Forum held at Tougaloo College Local
[ October 9, 2025 ] Deaths, Disappearances, and Danger in Immigrant – Detention In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series National

Deaths, Disappearances, and Danger in Immigrant – Detention In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Pilar Marerro, co-producer of American Community Media’s Weekly National Briefings served as moderator for this briefing with three expert panelists and eighty media outlets. She reported that fifteen immigrants have […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs sentenced to 50 months as court weighs acquitted charges

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Sean “Diddy” Combs stood before the court, flanked by his children’s pleas and his lawyers’ defenses, yet weighed down by a system that has never been even-handed […]

Ben Crump pledges $50K to the Black Press and challenges others to follow his lead

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception […]

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

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series Until now, no one had fully detailed or mapped who gets deported in the U.S. We often hear numbers from […]

Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Surely God weeps. Thirty-one years old, married, two young children, looked up to by so many Americans and beyond. The White House, in the Trump administrations, had an open-door policy […]

The Republican Party is in lock step but is it the right step?

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By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., President Emeritus, Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, The Republican Party reminds me of a quartet because they always come together at the end. Quartets have different melodies and […]

Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants – at what cost? – In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, For the past several weeks, The Mississippi Link has partnered with American Community Media to develop a series of stories in the wake of dramatic DOGE and anti-DEI cuts in […]

Commentary: Stronger than a storm: reflections from ‘Katrina Kids’

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By Brittany Dillard, Katrina Evacuee, Shoes, check. Uniform, check. School supplies, check. Book sack, check. A storm that felt like the end all and be all … no comment. One thing almost every grade school […]

Commentary: If only gold décor evoked The Golden Rule or A Heart of Gold – Trump’s proclaimed Golden Age is surely gold for him, but he’s accountable to all American’s

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Gold bar playing cards, money clips, key chains, USB drives. His infatuation with gold is limitless. One seller on Ebay has the Donald Trump Never Surrender Gold High Top Sneakers […]

The Wide-Reaching impacts of Trump’s Tariffs – In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series

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By Christopher Young Contributing Writer Briefing Introduction: On April 2, President Donald Trump announced, “Liberation Day,” signaling his intent to impose tariffs on at least 90 countries. Trump has said his sweeping tariffs plan will […]