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Mike Epsy: Statment of Candidacy for United States Senate
The following is a statement by Mike Espy who is running for U.S. Senate for Mississippi. Espy is a candidate seeking to fill the unexpired term of retired Senator Thad Cochran.
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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
Black History Month is not dead
An open letter to the more than 42 million African Americans in these United States. By Pastor Jimmy Terry, Sr.
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Amber Alert: Two year old Myra Lewis is missing
THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL IS ISSUING AN AMBER ALERT FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD MYRA LEWIS. SHE WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAYMORNING JUST AFTER 11 AT HER HOME IN CAMDEN IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A […]
Health
“Cover Mississippi”, kickoff campaign launches this Friday at Metro Mall
Coalition to help people understand and signup for “Obamacare” (for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act) Anyone interested in understanding “Obamacare” or shopping for health insurance options will be able to meet with […]
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Mississippi Link Exclusive: Sgt. Marcus Wright speaks
Wright serving as Sgt. over Internal Affairs with HCSD By Othor Cain Managing Editor In an exclusive interview with The Mississippi Link, Marcus Wright confirmed that he has been employed with the Hinds County Sheriff’s […]
Local
Senate District 26 Forum held at Tougaloo College
By Othor Cain, Contributing Writer, Tuesday, October 7, the Bennie G. Thompson Academic Complex at Tougaloo College served as the backdrop for a pivotal political forum featuring five of the seven candidates vying for the […]
National
Deaths, Disappearances, and Danger in Immigrant – Detention In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Pilar Marerro, co-producer of American Community Media’s Weekly National Briefings served as moderator for this briefing with three expert panelists and eighty media outlets. She reported that fifteen immigrants have […]
National
Sean “Diddy” Combs sentenced to 50 months as court weighs acquitted charges
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Sean “Diddy” Combs stood before the court, flanked by his children’s pleas and his lawyers’ defenses, yet weighed down by a system that has never been even-handed […]
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VFW Post 12172 Presents 4th Annual POW/MIA Recognition Day Program
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, For four consecutive years, Wilson-Bain-Martin VFW Post 12172 (Brandon, MS) of Veterans of Foreign Wars has brought communities and their loved ones together to pay deference to war […]
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Mississippi Spotlight: Bishop Dr. Jimmie Horton honored as the 2025 Iowa NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Jackson, Mississippi native Bishop Dr. Jimmie R. Horton was honored as the 2025 recipient of the Davenport, Iowa NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Freedom Fund Banquet held September 27, […]
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Commentary: Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine – Mississippi politics of discrimination hits new low at Auditor’s office
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Last week State Auditor – Shadrack Tucker White – was back at it with another report. He’s a report generating machine. Per the website, www.osa.ms.gov, he’s produced thousands. Some of […]
National
Ben Crump pledges $50K to the Black Press and challenges others to follow his lead
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception […]
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The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Under sweltering heat, upwards of three hundred men, women, and children marched to the Mississippi State Capitol for The Thousand Man March, part of the broader Thousand Man Movement headquartered […]
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Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide
By Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D., Contributing Writer, The death of 21-year-old Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a student at Delta State University, continues to raise urgent questions after authorities ruled his death a suicide. Reed was discovered […]
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A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States? – The roots and realities of U.S. deportation policies. Deportation to achieve racial banishment
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In partnership with American Community Media – National Briefing Series Until now, no one had fully detailed or mapped who gets deported in the U.S. We often hear numbers from […]