Maurice Clifton Sr. was unjustly incarcerated for over 20 years at the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The Kramer Brothers’ documentary, “The First Step” is the subject of the very law that finally set him free.
“We, as journalists at the Mississippi Free Press, will continue to focus on pursuing the truth and reporting the facts as we find them—not as partisans wish we would report them. That is our job,” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.
“A Trump administration immigration order, Title 42, that allowed U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants at the U.S. southern border—with no exceptions for asylum-seekers—expired on May 11, 2023,” Ernesto Castañeda writes. “But its legacy of restricting asylum petitions may continue as President Joe Biden takes steps to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the country.”
Long before Prevacus became embroiled in Mississippi’s massive welfare fraud scandal, the drug company’s founder Jake VanLandingham and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre sought the Trump White House’s help to fund its efforts to launch a new concussion drug, text messages former Gov. Phil Bryant released Thursday show.
“One year after Trump’s executive order—formally known as Executive Order 13950—was introduced, federal, state and local governmental agencies introduced 250 measures to outlaw the teaching of critical race theory. The theory is meant to explain how race and the law have been used to produce systemic racism in American society.” CRT Forward Project Director Taifha Natalee Alexander writes.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is blocking President Joe Biden’s nomination of Scott Colom, a northeast Mississippi district attorney, to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.
In a social media post on March 18, 2023, former President Donald Trump announced that he would be arrested on March 21 on charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation. Scholar Shelley Inglis, who spent more than 15 years with the United Nations and advised governments and democracy advocates on how to strengthen the rule of law, human rights and democratic governance, answers a few questions about Trump’s post.
“Democratic candidates in past elections have done very little to increase turnout in many predominantly low-turnout, high-poverty, Black-dominated precincts where most “retired” Democratic voters live,” Karen Hinton writes.
In a press release after McDaniel’s announcement, Hosemann Senior Advisor Casey Phillips said that “after being rejected by Mississippians in three failed statewide campaigns, the least effective politician in the state with the largest ego is running again, this time for Lt. Governor.”
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