FOCUS: 2022 Elections • Housing & Evictions • #MSWelfare Scandal • Jackson Water • Abortion • Race & Racism • Policing • Incarceration
I believe this ‘expansion’ is a racial assault, but if you are in the metro area, it will affect you, too, regardless of your race,” Jennifer Riley Collins writes.
“Without a free press, you won’t know about the continued attempts to disempower everyday Mississippians,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
Rep. Zakiya Summers encourages Mississippi legislators to create a fairer and smarter tax policy, not just more tax cuts for the wealthy.
Rashad Shabazz explores the societal conditions in which Black police officers could brutalize another Black man.
“Our goal is to not only improve our state’s natural resources, but use them in a responsible manner to better Mississippi,” Secretary of State Michael Watson writes.
“As exhausting as some of the news cycles can get, I’m looking forward to the work we’ll do together as a team,” Ashton Pittman writes.
“What we have is a cracked lens—people are seeing a distorted image of our HBCUs,” Dr. Arianna C. Stokes writes.
“President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that the U.S. would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine,” Monica Duffy Toft writes.
During this winter season, Shanina Carmichael is setting intentional self-care boundaries and actions to effectively regulate her energy.
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