MISSISSIPPI’S OVERLOOKED COVID-19 THREAT: Families with many generations under one roof
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Insurance Commissioner discusses Medicaid and expansion
The federal pandemic relief bill contains a big incentive for states that haven’t expanded Medicaid. Mississippi is one of 12 states holding out on the expansion.
Let’s be clear: Pass the John Lewis and For the People bills, avoiding the tragedy of Post-Reconstruction
A few weeks ago, in our haste to get out an article emphasizing the importance of getting rid of the current filibuster rule, we made the mistake of saying that the John Lewis Voting Rights bill was now called the For the People bill. Let’s be clear. They are not one and the same.
OWN IT! A belle business conversation
The Jackson Advocate's Lifestyle and Entertainment Writer, Amia Edwards, sits now to talk with two of the ladies from OWN's hit show The Belle Collective.
Helping hands: A look back at community service during the water crisis
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable’s
Quarters Because We Care laundry services helped Jackson citizens during the water crisis and invested in 60 year old Black laundrymat.
Women of the Black Panther Party
In 1966, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, travelled to Mississippi to march, alongside Martin Luther King and others, to finish the March Against Fear started by James Meredith. When they made it to Greenwood, Carmichael gave a speech where he infamously and passionately shouted out “Black Power”, eventually galvanizing generations of Black people to fight for their rights in solidarity and self-determination. Out of this call for Black Power mobilization, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) began.
Roberts Temple: A National Historic Site
On March 16, 2021, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a bill designating Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, located in Chicago, as a National Historic Site.
Biden, progressive senators, ordinary citizens know that the filibuster rule is the problem
The COVID Relief Package was only able to pass because the budget reconciliation procedure was used rather than the usual procedure. Under normal conditions, the minority, in this case the Republicans, would be able to use the filibuster rule to block any bills it opposes.
Burl Cain remade Angola prison in his own image, Can he do the same with notorious Parchman?
Burl Cain is credited (and criticized by some) for remaking Louisiana's notorious Angola prison. Now he's using that same blueprint for Parchman. Jerry Mitchell, of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, has taken an in-depth look at Cain's past and plans.
Wendy E. Parks: Chicago Women of Impact 2021 Award winner
On March 8, 2021, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the Motion Agency of Chicago awarded Wendy E. Parks its “Women of Impact Award”.
Insurance Commissioner discusses Medicaid and expansion
The federal pandemic relief bill contains a big incentive for states that haven’t expanded Medicaid. Mississippi is one of 12 states holding out on the expansion.
Let’s be clear: Pass the John Lewis and For the People bills, avoiding the tragedy of Post-Reconstruction
A few weeks ago, in our haste to get out an article emphasizing the importance of getting rid of the current filibuster rule, we made the mistake of saying that the John Lewis Voting Rights bill was now called the For the People bill. Let’s be clear. They are not one and the same.
OWN IT! A belle business conversation
The Jackson Advocate's Lifestyle and Entertainment Writer, Amia Edwards, sits now to talk with two of the ladies from OWN's hit show The Belle Collective.
Helping hands: A look back at community service during the water crisis
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable’s Quarters Because We Care laundry services helped Jackson citizens during the water crisis and invested in 60 year old Black laundrymat.
Women of the Black Panther Party
In 1966, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, travelled to Mississippi to march, alongside Martin Luther King and others, to finish the March Against Fear started by James Meredith. When they made it to Greenwood, Carmichael gave a speech where he infamously and passionately shouted out “Black Power”, eventually galvanizing generations of Black people to fight for their rights in solidarity and self-determination. Out of this call for Black Power mobilization, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) began.
Roberts Temple: A National Historic Site
On March 16, 2021, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a bill designating Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, located in Chicago, as a National Historic Site.
Biden, progressive senators, ordinary citizens know that the filibuster rule is the problem
The COVID Relief Package was only able to pass because the budget reconciliation procedure was used rather than the usual procedure. Under normal conditions, the minority, in this case the Republicans, would be able to use the filibuster rule to block any bills it opposes.
Burl Cain remade Angola prison in his own image, Can he do the same with notorious Parchman?
Burl Cain is credited (and criticized by some) for remaking Louisiana's notorious Angola prison. Now he's using that same blueprint for Parchman. Jerry Mitchell, of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, has taken an in-depth look at Cain's past and plans.
Wendy E. Parks: Chicago Women of Impact 2021 Award winner
On March 8, 2021, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the Motion Agency of Chicago awarded Wendy E. Parks its “Women of Impact Award”.