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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states had new voting restrictions in place before the […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Tuesday, January 14, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the warden on behalf of 29 prisoners who have complained that officials […]

By Alice Bernstein, Guest Writer, As we observe the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King’s courageous life with his opposition to racism, poverty and war, I am moved to look anew at a poem […]

deepsouthvoice, On the lawn of the Paul B. Johnson Chancery Court building, where Forrest County Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Voters Theron Lynd once schemed to do everything in his power to stop the county’s […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, The importance of black voter turnout, the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, bipartisan politics, the Futures Act and environmental justice, counted among the topics candidly tackled during […]

By Othor Cain, Editor, A native son or, in this case a native daughter, is knocking down doors and making Mississippi a must stop for national artists and entertainment. For 30 years, Yolanda Singleton, owner […]

Special to The Mississippi Link, Tuesday, December 17, 2019, I introduced a plan to redesign our current school structure to the JPS Board of Trustees. This plan proposes fewer schools, allowing financial resources to be […]

Jackson State University, Friday, Jan. 17, Jackson State University will celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., inside the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium starting at 10 a.m. Constance Slaughter-Harvey, former assistant secretary of […]

By Marc H. Morial, Trice Edney Newswire, “I learned so much about building a community around content from Tom Joyner. That show was so good at finding commonality within a diverse audience – yes, there […]

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor, “I am going to fight it,” read a statement from Rep. John Lewis on the evening of December 29. “I may miss a few votes during this period, […]