A clear sense of artistic zeal and boundary-pushing creativity fill the Meridian Museum of Art’s galleries and rotunda in the 47th annual Bi-State Art Competition
The Poor People’s Campaign’s “Third Reconstruction” resolution highlights what it calls a congressional failure to elevate the poor through social programs, voting-rights expansion and the elimination of systemic racism. It details suggested solutions for each of these problems, including an increase in the long-stagnant federal minimum wage, provisions to expand insurance coverage, a large-scale reduction of student debt and prison reform.
If eyes offer a window to the soul, paintings may be a peek into the psyche. That’s the lasting impression from a collection of artworks by famed playwright and native Mississippian Tennessee Williams, now on display at The MAX, the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience.
“Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright,” on view through April 11 at the Meridian facility, shows a surprising side of the literary master known for “The Glass Menagerie,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and more—showcases of raw emotion and classics of American theater and often, American film, too.
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, a Trump appointee, leaves behind a racist crime policy in Project EJECT. But he couldn’t have done it without help and support of Black Democratic officials, attorney Adofo Minka writes.
Almost 500 unfilled slots for COVID-19 vaccine appointments remained available for today by Sunday evening along with 400 unfilled openings for Tuesday.
MFP editor Donna Ladd’s pilgrimage to civil-rights hero James Chaney’s grave in rural Lauderdale County reminded her we cannot go back to 1964-style racism.
With COVID-19 cases ramping up, Mississippi’s capital city and several others have run out of ICU beds.
Since May, local officials in Mississippi have changed polling-place locations for at least 55 precincts—more than triple the 17 precinct changes that Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson announced last week, affecting about 65,000 Mississippi voters.
“Thursday night at about 10:30 or 10 o’clock, I received a message … letting me know that there were dangerous people looking for me because they wanted to kill me,” the Meridian city councilman and candidate for mayor claimed in a video statement Monday. It’s a police officer who wants to kill him, he added.
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