Mississippi has changed since Freedom Summer. The struggle for justice and equality has not.
Mississippi’s progress was on full display at Mt. Zion church in Neshoba County last Sunday. So was its unfinished business.
Supporting Mississippi’s young men of color: A conversation with William Buster of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The director of WKKF’s Mississippi and New Orleans programming speaks about President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, the challenges unique to young black and Latino men, and what success will look like in Mississippi.
Life and irony at Ole Miss
UM’s first black female student body president encountered racism at the university, but she also learned the meaning of love and compassion.
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Commentary: The University of Mississippi’s latest ‘incident’ brings both pain and illumination
The desecration of the James Meredith statue goes to show that while the university has been desegregated, the work of integration is unfinished.
Reducing racial disparities in our prisons: What can Mississippi learn from other states?
The bipartisan sentencing reform bill moving through the Legislature does not address racial disparities. That’s a serious omission.
Racial disparities in incarceration are getting worse. It’s time Mississippi took notice.
African Americans account for 61 percent of Mississippi’s prisoners, but only 37 percent of its population. Mississippi should join a national movement to reexamine the racial impact of its sentencing laws.