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[ October 2, 2024 ] Harris responds to Hurricane devastation as Walz shines in debate National
[ October 2, 2024 ] Commentary: Mississippi minority contracting update – Mississippi’s white power brokers strip minority opportunity of economic advancement and participation Local
[ October 2, 2024 ] Vance and Walz begin debating cordially but end in heated clashes over Trump, Jan. 6 and national policy issues National
[ October 2, 2024 ] ‘A Life Sentence.’ How Mississippi’s Forever Voting ban keeps thousands from the polls – The state’s disenfranchisement law punishes people with nonviolent offenses, as reform fails in the Legislature and courts Local
[ September 25, 2024 ] Commentary: Diversity backlash – always by white power brokers – In four short years DEI programs rose then cratered. So much for equity. National

Commentary: Mississippi minority contracting update – Mississippi’s white power brokers strip minority opportunity of economic advancement and participation

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, The truth is that the words Mississippi and minority contracting should never be grouped together. Minority contractors who attempt to do business with the State of Mississippi face nearly indescribable […]

‘A Life Sentence.’ How Mississippi’s Forever Voting ban keeps thousands from the polls – The state’s disenfranchisement law punishes people with nonviolent offenses, as reform fails in the Legislature and courts

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By Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project, John Cook moved back to Mississippi in 2022 after about 15 years of living in the Atlanta area, where he ran his own telecom business maintaining fiber optic lines. […]

Douglas Macarthur Cotton walked the walk – Kosciusko native on the front lines challenging voter suppression well before Freedom Summer

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Recent emphasis has been placed on the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer, and justifiably so. Hundreds upon hundreds of volunteers, many of them white, joined African Americans in Mississippi with […]

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 […]

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

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By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in […]

Mississippi Supreme Court greenlights public funds to private schools: En banc court side-steps Constitution by claiming appellee lacks standing

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, During the 2022 legislative session bills passed to create and fund an Independent Schools Infrastructure Grant Program designed to allow federal American Rescue Plan funds intended for infrastructure to go […]

Five trailblazing Black mayors who reshaped Mississippi

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By Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D., Editor, In the annals of Mississippi’s history, characterized by its complex racial dynamics and pivotal role in the American Civil Rights Movement, the election of Black mayors stands as a […]

Visionary, mentor, scholar – meet Charles Henry Holmes, J.D. – Natchez born and raised to teach, inspire countless students in life and in law

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Dr. Holmes was both unassuming and confident as we walked from the parking lot to his second-floor office in Galloway Hall, on the grounds of historic Tougaloo College, for an […]