Opinion | Charles Henry Turner: The Unsung Black Biologist
“Charles Henry Turner was a pioneer in studying bees and should be considered among the great entomologists of the 19th and 20th centuries,” Edward D. Melillo writes.
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“Charles Henry Turner was a pioneer in studying bees and should be considered among the great entomologists of the 19th and 20th centuries,” Edward D. Melillo writes.
The State of Mississippi has shortchanged Alcorn State University approximately $257.8 million in agricultural funds from the federal government over the last 30 years.
“Electricity is essential to just about everyone rich and poor, old and young,” Ji and Ganz writes. “Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longest to recover.”
We may be a Mississippi-based news publication, but Trump’s comments about encouraging Russia to attack NATO allies merited our attention too.
“Wyatt Tee Walker worked closely with King and was the chief strategist for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, which turned out to be one the most influential moments for the civil rights struggle,” Taylor McNeilly writes.
“In my view, the conditions unfolding in Israel and Gaza are beginning to reach a breaking point, similar to the conditions in South Africa that formed prior to apartheid’s defeat,” Benjamin Case writes.
Mississippi Labor Union leader Chris Gray Sr. writes that state leaders should hold all bragging on education until public schools are fully funded.
Rev. Jonathan Tullos writes that it is unconstitutional for Mississippi to use public funds to support private schools. Â
I spent part of this week at the Local News Summit in Charleston, S.C., which the Lenfest Institute and Aspen Institute convene for a small
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