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Dice Rolls and Tokens and Cards, Oh My!

Whether your idea of a fun Saturday night entails braving an expedition through Antarctic tundra or gallivanting through a land of fantastical beasts to collect bounties with your adventuring party, …

Foot Print Farms founder Cindy Ayers-Elliott maximizes partnerships and farm practices to feed the community …

• July 8, 2020

Foot Print Farms: Feeding Folks Safely

Canning and paperwork make for many a late night for Cindy Ayers-Elliott, Foot Print Farms' founder. But the daily business of growing and getting fresh vegetables to folks who need …

The Medgar Evers Statue stands besides the Medgar Evers Library on Medgar Evers Boulevard blocks …

• July 8, 2020

John Spann, curator of education and programming for the Two Mississippi Museums, admires Medgar Evers’ …

• July 8, 2020

Medgar Evers was assassinated in this carport of this house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander …

• July 8, 2020

Sitting in the front row, Reena Evers-Everette felt joy as Gov. Tate Reeves signed the …

• July 8, 2020

Former Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers, would have been 95 on July 2, 2020, …

• July 8, 2020

In the Spirit of Medgar: State Flag Came Down the Week Slain Hero Would’ve Turned 95

When the signature of Gov. Tate Reeves put an end to the 126-year reign of the former Mississippi flag with the Confederate emblem on June 30, it was two days …

Clay B. Morris

• July 8, 2020

Writer James Baldwin said “the story of the negro in America is the story of …

• July 8, 2020

OPINION: Blackness and Whiteness, To Whom the Story of America Concerns

James Baldwin said "the story of the in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story." This ugly, brutal, and festering story is the truth that …

Both House Speaker Philip Gunn (left) and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann (right) have tested positive …

• July 8, 2020

COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in MS Photo courtesy MSDH

• July 8, 2020

COVID-19 cases by date of illness onset through July 5, 2020. Photo courtesy MSDH

• July 8, 2020

Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is willing to “play the bad guy,” as he put …

• July 8, 2020

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs points to a rising positive test percentage as a …

• July 8, 2020

COVID-19 In Mississippi: Lacking Leadership, Buy-In or Both?

The grand debate over a protective mask, played out on social media from the local level to the halls of the White House itself, is representative of the state of …

Gov. Tate Reeves signs the bill to remove the state flag. House Speaker Philip Gunn …

• July 8, 2020

EDITOR'S NOTE: Tate Reeves Needs to Stop Making Excuses, Start Leading

"Gov. Tate Reeves is spinning. He is grasping at any straw he thinks can divert attention away from his abysmal leadership during the COVID-19 crisis in Mississippi."