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October 24, 2020
Mike Espy complained that national Democrats seemed to be giving up on his chances of beating Rep. U.S. Sen. Cindy…
October 24, 2020
White people recently surpassed Black people in the overall reported COVID-19 death toll for the first time since Mississippi began…
October 23, 2020
David Banner says Black students belong at HBCUs. Banner and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund are raising funds for the…
October 22, 2020
Despite Mississippi having the largest percentage of Black people of any state in the US, a Black person hasn’t been…
October 22, 2020
The body of Sheila Jackson Osgood was found in her home by officers who shot her son, a possible suspect…
October 4, 2020
Two white males in rural Mississippi have been arrested and charged with assault after chasing and shooting at two Black…
September 21, 2020
Donations soared to the Espy campaign amid fears GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith will vote to fill the now-vacant high court…
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September 17, 2020
Three Mississippi women face years in prison for fradulently obtaining health benefits in Tennessee for their children, TennCare says.
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September 4, 2020
Curtis Flowers is feeling free after prosecutors in Mississippi dropped murder charges against him after 24 years and six trials.
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September 1, 2020
After an image showing students using Taco Bell's Wi-Fi to do their schoolwork went viral, a California school district gifts…
August 16, 2020
As reported by the Daily News, a grand jury accused officers Desmond Barney, Lincoln Lampley and Anthony Fox of 'eminantly…
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August 3, 2020
Mississippi emerging as a new COVID-19 hot spot as positive cases and hospitalizations climb.
August 1, 2020
William Haymon celebrated his 16th birthday and his 511th day in jail on July 14th, and there is no telling…
July 23, 2020
Charles Evers, a history-making Black mayor in Mississippi with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was…
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July 14, 2020
Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and Team ROC have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Mississippi inmates addressing the conditions in…
June 28, 2020
Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers.
June 26, 2020
The mayor of a small town in Mississippi says that change has been a long time coming as he signed…
June 19, 2020
The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its sponsored events
June 19, 2020
The Southeastern Conference has issued a warning to the state of Mississippi, change your flag or risk losing opportunities to
May 29, 2020
A Mississippi mayor is resisting calls to resign after tweeting that he "didn't see anything unreasonable" about the death of…