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By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com, The NAACP has issued a stinging rebuke to Republican Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who recently invoked a reference to a “public hanging” amidst her campaign against African-American Democratic candidate Mike […]

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA News Wire Columnist, A cursory look at the win-loss column after last week’s mid-term elections suggests that nobody left the table empty-handed. Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, Republican’s […]

By Othor Cain, Editor, The U.S. Senate special election is headed to a runoff, Nov. 27. The state could elect for the first time – in modern day history – a black man. Mike Espy, […]

By Frederick H. Lowe, NorthStarNewsToday.com, Democrats took over the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections, which will boost the power and influence of representatives Maxine Waters, John Lewis and Elijah Cummings. Under the […]

By Othor Cain, Editor, In the other U.S. Senate race held in Mississippi Tuesday, Republican Senator Roger Wicker was re-elected, keeping the seat he has held since 2007. Wicker defeated Democratic state Rep. David Baria […]

By Khalil Abdullah TriceEdneyWire.com, Mike Espy, the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi since Reconstruction, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and now a practicing attorney, is running for […]

By David Baria, U.S. Senate Candidate, I’m David Baria, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. We have an historic opportunity to elect two Democratic senators in Mississippi this year. That’s why I am supporting Mike […]

The Mississippi Link Newswire, I spent over four decades in public education. Two decades in P-12 and two decades in higher education. In 2016, I retired from the profession. Really? No, not really. Real educators […]

By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, It seems like just yesterday when one week after The Mississippi Link observed its 10th year anniversary our cover read: “Barack Obama President Elect Nov. 4, 2008, Yes We Can.” I […]

By Gail Brown, Contributing Writer, The onslaught of technology via social media and other avenues have contributed to the downsizing or folding of many newspapers, especially the African-American weeklies. Yet, The Mississippi Link remains true […]