Letters To The Editor

Letter To The Editor: Garrett says to Jackson Free Press/Northside Sun, “Neither contacted me to comment”

The City Council on Monday, September 14, 2015 recessed a meeting where the Public Works Department recommended it accept and approve a contract proposal from Denali Water Solutions and Socrates Garrett Enterprises Inc., to dispose […]

Entertainment

KATRINA: Jordan family reflects on unforgettable experience

Aftermaths a year later still looked like the ‘Twilight Zone,’ a member says BY GAIL BROWN Contributing Writer HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. – Holmes County native Clara Marshall Jordan said she and her husband Clarence Jordan […]

Entertainment

Remembering Katrina: “I didn’t plan to evacuate”

By Angel Hampton  Special to The Mississippi Link I didn’t plan to evacuate. I had gotten used to hurricane threats being a way of life early on as a student at Xavier University. Sometimes we […]

Education

Good Soil: The overlooked aspect of school reform

By Rod Paige Former U.S. Secretary of Education “And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and  increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” – Mark 4:8, Holy Bible, […]

Education

Your Child. Your Choice. Our Future!

With the recent coverage on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget crisis, parents are understandably concerned about the impact the proposed budget impasse will have on their children’s future.  It is unclear what, exactly, will be […]

Education

A good education ‘by any means necessary

By Kevin Chavous  Executive Counsel American Federation for Children At age 6, Mical spent the majority of his first school year kicked out of class for behavioral issues, including angry and violent outbursts. His Great aunt […]

Education

Education reformers must unite around three goals

By Mashea Ashton CEO Newark Charter School Fund and Board Member Black Alliance for Educational Options It’s fair to say the ultimate goal of the education reform movement, and the education community in general, is […]

Education

Opinion: Every person has a calling and a passion

By Keisha Knight Pulliam I think every person that walks the face of the earth has a Calling and Passion that they are meant to maximize to make our world a better place.  For me, […]