Thousands of Haitian migrants chased from their homeland by devastating earthquakes, political assassinations, and vicious gang warfare in the streets will likely have to go through it all again after […]
In a grand gesture to stop voter suppression in their state, Texas House Democrats boarded a bus to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and then boarded a plane that took them to Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC. “Today, Texas House Democrats stand united in our decision to break quorum and refuse to let the Republican-led legislature force through dangerous legislation that would trample on Texans’ freedom to vote.
If elected Byram Alderman-At-Large, Roshunda Harris-Allen will become the first Black Woman to hold the seat. The general election is Tuesday, June 8.
Since a new administration began this January, there have been a series of hopeful signs that regressive and harmful practices will be challenged in the name of justice. On May 25, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as the Justice Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Never before has a Black woman led this division that guides the federal government’s commitment to civil rights for all.
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.
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.
Women for Progress sponsored a televised discussion between three of the mayoral candidates last week. It was hosted by Mississippi College School of Law and moderated by Donna Ladd of the Jackson Free Press and Dr. D’Andra Orey of Jackson State University.
