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Editor's BlogTo prevent a ‘license to discriminate,’ don’t let anti-LGBT judges run unopposed
This week's same-sex marriage ruling from Rankin County shows the hostility to LGBT rights among some of Mississippi's elected judges.
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EducationSound, fury, and the burden of Mississippi history
As Faulkner instructs, the past is never dead. But lingering Confederate sympathy among Mississippians ? flaring in the wake of the University of Mississippi's diversity and inclusion report ? proves that it is often misremembered.
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CommentaryCommentary: Dr. Jones knows if Ole Miss leads, others will pay attention
Mississippi's flagship university has the opportunity to be a leader for institutions dealing with legacies of racism and exclusion. But before that can happen, we need to support Dan Jones's leadership from within.
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AnalysisFifty years after Freedom Summer, Mississippi education remains separate and unequal
More than one-fourth of Mississippi public schools are at least 90 percent black. Another tenth are at least 90 percent white. And, just as in 1964, students in those identifiably black schools receive an inferior education.
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CommentaryMississippi 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.
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Q&ASupporting 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.
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AnalysisHere’s (pretty much) everything you need to know about SB 2681
Is it about religious freedom? Is it about LGBTQ discrimination? We cover all of that in our primer on the most controversial bill of the legislative session.
By Jake McGraw -
CommentaryOp-Ed: My “Sincerely Held Religious Belief”
SB 2681 sanctions discrimination in the name of religious freedom. Lex Rofes of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life explains why his religious beliefs have led him to oppose the bill.
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FeaturesLife 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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Editor's BlogAnnouncing two Mississippi initiatives promoting LGBTQ rights and dignity
LGBT Forward and OUTLaw's symposium at the UM Law School will bring Mississippi closer to ending discrimination based on sexual difference.
By Jake McGraw -
CommentaryCommentary: 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.
By Jake McGraw -
JusticeReducing 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.
By Jennifer Kirby-McLemore -
CommentaryCommentary: Don’t change the seal. Change the flag.
Now that the Governor and Legislature want to add "In God We Trust" to the state seal, let?s have a conversation about the symbol that most needs to be changed.
By Jake McGraw -
AnalysisWhich part of Mississippi produces the most NFL players? This map will show you
Panola and Covington counties can each make a case to be Mississippi's "NFL Capital."
By Jake McGraw
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