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October 21, 2022
The NAACP wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make sure that from now on, federal funds are distributed equitably.
October 19, 2022
The director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services said the agency tracks spending but not welfare program outcomes.
October 14, 2022
Greenville Detective Myiesha Stewart was killed Tuesday during what’s been described as a “big shootout” between two males.
The Lantern Project
October 12, 2022
The Lantern Project aims to digitize and make publicly available the legal records that document enslaved persons in Mississippi and…
October 11, 2022
A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after Gulfport police shot him in the head outside a discount store.
Mississippi roadblocks thegrio.com
October 7, 2022
Police in Mississippi's capital city have agreed to pull back on aggressive roadblocks in response to a lawsuit that said Jackson officers…
October 1, 2022
James Meredith will be honored at the Ole Miss-Kentucky game Saturday in an ironic echo of history 60 years to…
Mississippi governor race -- Tate Reeves
September 28, 2022
Years before people in Jackson were recently left without running water for several days, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves claimed to have helped…
September 28, 2022
The NAACP asked the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate Mississippi's alleged pattern of steering money to white communities with less…
Emmett Till, theGrio
September 27, 2022
Funeral services were held Monday for the Mississippi prosecutor who worked on one of the renewed investigations into the 1955…
September 26, 2022
The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi's capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson…
September 26, 2022
Favre was reportedly told the money for children was “tightly controlled” and “improper use could result in violation of Federal…
September 25, 2022
Axel Cox, 23, was charged for burning a cross in his front yard to threaten his Black neighbors, federal prosecutors…
September 23, 2022
John Davis pleaded guilty to federal and state charges in a plot to misspend millions of dollars intended to help…
Jackson water crisis
September 14, 2022
From Jackson, Mississippi to Flint, Michigan, aging water infrastructure is wreaking havoc in predominantly Black and brown communities.
September 8, 2022
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi's capital city to receive “its fair…
September 7, 2022
Jackson, Mississippi students were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that…
September 2, 2022
Football coaches and players are trying to find ways to press forward, as many Jackson residents have been without running…
Water pressure Mississippi
August 31, 2022
Mississippi's capital city of Jackson is grappling with multiple water problems, resulting in a state of emergency and economic challenges.
August 28, 2022
A Natchez Museum of African American History has received a $1,450 grant to create a map highlighting the civil rights…