By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Staff Writer, Women for Progress of MS, Inc., along with sponsoring partners, hosted a 2021 City of Jackson Mayoral Debate, Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 p.m. virtually at Mississippi […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, PhD, Contributing Writer, Drs. Thomas Dobbs (State Health Officer) and Paul Byers (State Epidemiologist) joined forces with Jim Craig (Senior Deputy and Director of Health Protection) in a Zoom press conference […]
Congressional Democrats slipped a last-minute tax provision into the pandemic relief bill that may complicate how millions of gig economy workers report their incomes. The measure, the final version of which passed Wednesday, would not […]
By Emily Wagster Pettus and Leah Willingham, Associated Press, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says that as of Wednesday, he is getting rid of most mask mandates that he had imposed to try to slow the spread […]
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan , Staff Writer , Many of the citizens of Jackson and Byram have been without water since the winter storm hit the South last month and left both cities with water breaks […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Contributing Writer, The first of a series of forums entitled The Legacy of Courage brought attention to African-American women who have stood tall before humanity and produced change on Monday, March […]
By Jeff Jardine, Featured, Minority Veterans, Calvet Connect, One summer afternoon in the late 1950s, eight-year-old Phillip Willis Jr. took a break from mowing lawns at a home in Jackson, Mississippi. Having worked up a […]
By By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, African-American history is living history, building upon what has been established as well as establishing new blocks to build upon. Mississippi is profoundly rich in African-American history, being […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Golfing superstar Tiger Woods was reportedly in serious condition in a Los Angeles area hospital after a single-car accident Tuesday, Feb. 23. The website TMZ displayed pictures on […]
House Democrats want to make sweeping changes to campaign finance and election law, and that begins with H.R. 1, the “For The People Act.” It passed in the House but languished in the GOP-controlled Senate […]
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