Presley Will Be Lone Democrat In Governor Primary, Court Rules
Brandon Presley will be the only Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor on the Aug. 8 primary ballot and thus the party’s de facto nominee after the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s order to place another candidate, Bob Hickingbottom, on the ballot.
Indianola Officer Who Shot 11-Year-Old Aderrien Murry Suspended Without Pay
Greg Capers, the Indianola, Miss., police officer who shot 11-year-old Aderrien Murry in the chest last month, has been suspended without pay after the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted 4-1 to do so Monday night, The Enterprise-Tocsin reported.
Person of the Day | Myrlie Evers-Williams, ‘Civil-Rights Activist, Risk-taker, Mother, True Believer’
Medgar and Myrlie Evers both dedicated their lives to fighting, as he put it, “until every vestige of segregation and discrimination in America becomes annihilated.”
Supreme Court Is Poised To Dismantle Affirmative Action, An Integral Part of LBJ’s Great Society
“As the Supreme Court looks ready to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, it’s my belief that unlike the court’s conservative majority, Johnson understood that the U.S. could not serve as a moral leader around the world if it did not acknowledge its past of racial injustices and try to make amends,” Travis Knoll writes.
After UMMC Closes LGBTQ+ Clinic Amid Political Pressure, Residents Push Back
UMMC is shutting down the TEAM Clinic on June 30 after lawmakers criticized it for providing gender-affirming care to its patients in a recent Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review report.