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Primary Election Results

Special to The Mississippi Link, In Hinds County, primary election day got off to a rocky start, as early voters experienced broken machines, polling places opening late and missing names from some of the ballots. […]

Primary Election Day reminders and contact information

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, Polls open for the 2019 Primary Election at 7 a.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Mississippians can cast a ballot for statewide state district, legislative, county and county district offices. Polls close […]

Donald Trump views people of color as ‘infestations’

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By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com, President Donald Trump has repeatedly used a form of the word “infested” as he refers to black and brown people, clearly expressing his view of them as something less than […]

NAACP unanimously calls for the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings

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By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire, During its 110th National Convention at the Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit, the NAACP – the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization – hosted delegates from all over the […]

Black Wealth 2020 adds HBCUs to its Economic Empowerment Agenda

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By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com, The short-term economic impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is $15 billion – rivaling corporations such as Bank of America in its more than 177,000 employees. Yet, according […]

$600 million settlement reached following Equifax data breach

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The Mississippi Link Newswire, People affected by the massive 2017 Equifax data breach will receive 10 years of credit monitoring and may be eligible for restitution following a $600 million multistate settlement reached with the […]

Senator Doug Jones emphasizes the importance of the 2020 black voter turnout

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, The importance of black voter turnout, the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, bipartisan politics, the Futures Act and environmental justice, counted among the topics candidly tackled during […]

Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope for humanity

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By Alice Bernstein, Guest Writer, As we observe the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King’s courageous life with his opposition to racism, poverty and war, I am moved to look anew at a poem […]

Monument of slain Voting Rights activist Vernon Dahmer unveiled in downtown Hattiesburg

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deepsouthvoice, On the lawn of the Paul B. Johnson Chancery Court building, where Forrest County Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Voters Theron Lynd once schemed to do everything in his power to stop the county’s […]

The historic Chicago Defender among black media icons scaling back, others possibly closing

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TriceEdneyWire.com, It has been a rough few days for the black media. First, Ebony magazine and its sister publication, JET magazine, may be closing their doors for good. And then the publisher of the storied […]