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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Commentary: Is Medicaid expansion truly on the table? – The best interests of all Mississippians not the norm, 2024 Legislative session could change that

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, It’s innately informative that 418,233 Mississippians, nearly 51% of voters, chose to reelect the incumbent governor – Jonathan Tate Reeves – as our state ranks #49 overall in health care […]

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Commentary: Punishment after the punishment – Lifetime bans on voting rights for ex-felons in Mississippi is morally backward

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, For some it was the unthinkable happening when in early August 2023, a three-Judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “struck down a white supremacist law that had […]

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Commentary: Governors’ final inaugural address met our expectations – Genuinely lifting Mississippi and all Mississippians definitely not in his plan

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By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Perhaps it’s expected when a governor delivers an inaugural address that the focus is upbeat and positive, after all, he is at that podium as a direct result of the […]

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Lawyer wants federal probe of why MS police waited months to tell a mother her son was killed

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By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press, A civil rights attorney said Monday he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Mississippi’s capital city waited several months to tell a woman that […]

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