• Rethink Mississippi

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  • "Honest Mississippi"

    A conversation with William Winter

    The former governor shares his thoughts on education, racism, millennials' obligation to social justice, and Mississippi's place in America

    By Lamees El-sadek
    December 17, 2015
  • "Honest Mississippi"

    ‘My Mississippi, Your Mississippi, and Our Mississippi’

    The following speech by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves -- Mississippi's second African American federal judge -- has been shared widely since it was read in his courtroom?on February 10. The occasion was a sentencing hearing for the perpetrators of a modern-day lynching: the brutal murder of James Craig...

    By Jake McGraw
    February 20, 2015
  • Commentary

    Commentary: Politico, Phil Bryant, and the Positive Mississippi reflex

    Politico Magazine ranked Mississippi as America's worst state. Gov. Phil Bryant's rebuttal did nothing to disprove it.

    By Jake McGraw
    January 29, 2014
  • "Honest Mississippi"

    Conversing About Community: Jackson’s problems demand honesty, not platitudes

    Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, former Gov. Haley Barbour, and Rev. Keith Tonkel were on their best behavior at Operation Shoestring's "Conversation About Community." In doing so, they missed an opportunity for the frank public discussion that Jackson's problems deserve.

    By Grace Williams
    November 18, 2013
  • "Honest Mississippi"

    ‘Only Honest Mississippi Spoken Here’

    In the mid-1990s, Mississippi's highway signs admonished passing drivers: "Only Positive Mississippi Spoken Here." The slogan still dictates how Mississippi addresses its tough issues: instead of confronting our negatives, we change the subject to our positives.

    By Jake McGraw
    August 1, 2013

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