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Crime
Will a Court Force Mississippi to Change on Mental Health?
In a 2017 report, ProPublica identified more than 100 cases in which Mississippians with mental illnesses were spending long periods in jail waiting for a bed or evaluation from the …
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Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Journalism Can Beat the Hell Out of You, But It Must Go On
"When you get into this crazy business for the express purpose of having positive impact, you make it happen no matter what and find people who share the same drive …
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Jacksonian
Felicia Bell
Eritaj" means "inheritance" in Haitian Creole, and Felicia Bell, owner of Eritaj Cafe in the Kundi Compound, has inherited much.
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Education
Applications for 4 Mississippi Charter Schools Move Forward
Groups seeking to open four charter schools in Mississippi are moving forward, while one group is being rejected.
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National
Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter Critics is Unconstitutional
President Donald Trump lost a major Twitter fight Tuesday when a federal appeals court said that his daily musings and pronouncements were overwhelmingly official in nature and that he violated …
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Civil Rights
Prison Breakouts a Result of 'Mass Incarceration,' Mississippi Orgs Say
Three prison inmates may not have escaped last week if not for Mississippi's "mass incarceration problem," a group of civil-rights organizations said in a press statement on Friday.
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Person of the Day
David Sansing
David Sansing, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Mississippi and author of several books, has died at age 86.
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Education
Private School Vouchers Split Mississippi Candidates for Governor
Several candidates for Mississippi governor have answered a questionnaire from a public education advocacy group called The Parents' Campaign, but Republican Tate Reeves has not.
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