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[ 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
[ October 9, 2025 ] Sean “Diddy” Combs sentenced to 50 months as court weighs acquitted charges National
[ October 1, 2025 ] VFW Post 12172 Presents 4th Annual POW/MIA Recognition Day Program Local
[ October 1, 2025 ] Mississippi Spotlight: Bishop Dr. Jimmie Horton honored as the 2025 Iowa NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award Local

Simone Biles caps Paris Olympics ‘Redemption Tour’ with one last medal – silver in floor routine

By Will Graves, AP National Writer, The “Redemption Tour” did not end with a golden encore for Simone Biles. By the time she entered Bercy Arena for the beam and floor exercise finals Monday, she […]

When Biden stepped down, Kamala Harris called her pastor, a Mississippi native, for a prayer

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By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today, The day President Joe Biden announced he would step aside and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, one of the first calls Harris made was to her […]

Commentary: State-sponsored discrimination in Minority Contracting, Part 2

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In Part 1 of this article, published by The Mississippi Link in the July 25, 2024 issue, we laid out the obvious and ugly discrimination against minority contractors, and thereby […]

What every Black child needs in the world

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National Black Child Development Institute, The National Black Child Development Institute is the only national organization focused solely on the unique attributes and needs of Black children, birth through age 8. We exist to fight […]

NNPA wanted NABJ to rescind invitation to Donald Trump

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has forcefully condemned the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) for including former President Donald Trump in a panel during its […]

Over 44,000 Black and Brown women rally behind Kamala Harris for President

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By Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D., Contributing Writer, In an electrifying show of support, over 44,000 Black and Brown women gathered on a Zoom call Sunday, July 19, to back Vice President Kamala Harris for President […]

Commentary: Sixty years on – Mississippi Burning, Democracy under fire – still led and fanned by white people

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Internet Movie Database (IMDb) maintains detailed information about movies: genre, cast, crew, synopsis, related awards, all kinds of details. They label the 1988 movie “Mississippi Burning” as crime, drama and […]

Mississippi Democratic DNC Delegation unanimously endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as nominee for president

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, The Mississippi Delegation to the 2024 Democratic National Convention met virtually and voted to unanimously endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 Democratic nomination for President of the United States […]

Commentary: State-sponsored discrimination in Minority Contracting, Part 1 White women pocket 88+% of Minority Contracting funds. Lawmakers and leadership must think that’s perfectly okay.

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Discriminating against minorities in Mississippi is the norm – this is not new news. Despite demanding that the words – In God We Trust – be included on the new […]

Baptist Joint Committee stands against Christian Nationalism

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Formed in 1936, in Washington, D.C., Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty “is the only national faith-based group solely focused on protecting religious freedom for all, they file briefs in […]