By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators completed two big items several weeks ago when they adopted a congressional redistricting plan and enacted a medical marijuana law. They are about to further trim the list of issues…
The Catholic Bishops of Mississippi released a statement regarding the “evil of racism.” It’s an effort to come together, denouncing racism and referring to it as a plague. A part of the statement reads: “The evil of racism festers in…
Former Biloxi Shuckers pitcher and current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader gave up a homerun in the All-Star game Tuesday, but that is now the least of his problems. A series of troubling tweets from Hader’s account dating back to…
Several people have reported seeing or receiving white supremacist flyers in Ocean Springs. The flyer is addressed to all white people in Ocean Springs, Mississippi with a YouTube link that leads to a video named “Diversity is a weapon against…
With Mississippi gaining national attention over race issues, a local group known as Gulfport Ecumenical Fellowship hopes to address race issues on the Coast. October is Mississippi’s Racial Reconciliation Month and the local group wants to understand how they can…
The U.S. Supreme Court orders lower courts in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana to re-examine three death penalty convictions for evidence of racial prejudice in jury selection. the decisions follow the high court's may decision to overturn the conviction and death…
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announces an end to the active federal and state investigation into the 1964 murders of three civil rights volunteers in Neshoba County. At a press conference this morning hood said investigators have concluded there are…
Some not so welcoming words were found on a Moss Point welcome sign. Police are now searching for those behind the racist vandalism.
Jackson County Sheriff, Mike Ezell, has fired a Deputy Sheriff after learning the officer made threatening remarks and racial slurs in an audio recording during an Xbox Live gaming session.
This weekend, Mississippi State Representative, Gene Alday, was quoted making racially charged remarks in reference to the Mississippi education system.
Alday is quoted in the Clarion Ledger discussing education funding in Mississippi. He says he believes funding public schools, similar to the welfare system, is not effective.