Opinion
Obama travels abroad
Barack Obama embarks on a serious foreign policy initiative with his trip to Europe and the Middle East, to bolster his foreign policy credentials. To that end, he gave a major speech on his global […]
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Opinion
Mississippi, built on the backbones of blacks and native Americans
Mississippi students are being neglected the powerfulness and fullness of their history. It is vitally important that the contours of our state be highly publicized. Many people living all across the nation have come from […]
Health
Knowledge Is Power
Special to The Mississippi Link Stroke is the third-leading cause of death among African Americans, and more than 100,000 will suffer one this year. But African Americans can get help to reduce their stroke risk […]
News
AHA and The Mississippi Link partner to fight nation’s No. 3 killer
Special to The Mississippi Link Stroke is the nation’s No. 3 killer and a leading cause of severe, long-term disability, and The Mississippi Link is honored to partner with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Greater […]
Opinion
HIV-AIDS on the rise among teens and the elderly
Many of us are still struggling to understand the difference bet-ween HIV and AIDS. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that is contracted, mainly by exposure to blood, semen or vaginal fluids of an […]
Sports
Coach Gorden pleased with local support received at Hall of Fame event
W. C. Gorden said he had been to the “mountain top” during his enshrinement into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame last weekend. The ceremony took place at The University of Notre […]
Sports
Dungy hopes Manning recovers quickly from knee surgery
Special to The Mississippi Link INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Dungy is certain Peyton Manning’s left knee will be ready for the Colts’ season-opener. Heck, the Colts coach said he thinks Manning might even play during the […]
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Radio Host Angers parents of autistic children
NEW YORK (AP) — Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to “boldly awaken” parents to his view that many people […]
Opinion
When it comes to Civil Rights, McCain has some explaining to do
In an effort to show that, if elected, he would be president of “all the people,” John McCain has visited the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., the scene of one of the bloodiest civil […]
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Councilman Crisler delegate to El Salvador and Nicaragua
Special to The Mississippi Link Councilman Marshand Crisler has been selected by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) to be a delegate to El Salvador and Nicaragua in an exchange program for sharing […]