Striving to Empower Women VotersRapper and activist Genesis Be wants the younger generation to get out and vote because people who came before them risked their lives so that they could have that right.
The Fight for Family Goes OnAfter the Obergefell decision, Mississippi’s leaders "made sure to let us know we are still beneath the religious elite," Rev. Brandiilyne Mangum-Dear said. "We may have acquired marriage that day (in 2015), but we certainly didn't get equality."
Black Voting Strength at Stake in Republican Request to 5th CircuitMississippi Republican leaders are fighting a court ruling that would increase black voting power in a gerrymandered state Senate district that meanders about 100 miles from Cleveland in the Mississippi Delta down into Madison County just north of Jackson.
AG Candidates Praise 'Heartbeat Bill,' Anti-LGBT Laws, Tort ReformAbout 50 people showed up at a venue that would seat 1,200 on Wednesday night to hear Republican candidates explain why voters should elect them as Mississippi's next attorney general—the state's chief legal officer who holds the power to bring …
Mississippi Mental Health Lawsuit Poses Concerns for Civil RightsAs a mental-health lawsuit claiming a violation of the civil rights of mentally ill Mississippians moves forward, Joy Hogge has in mind "a young person" who never received the support they needed.
Taggart 'Disappointed' That Fitch Plans to Skip AG DebatesRepublican candidate for Mississippi attorney general Andy Taggart criticized one of his opponents, State Treasurer Lynn Fitch, in an open letter on Monday because she does not plan to attend two debates later this week.
'Tired, Frustrated': Rape Charges, Festival Funds Roil City CouncilThe Jackson City Council amended the agenda at its Tuesday meeting to have a discussion with Jackson Police Chief James Davis regarding events that occurred over the Memorial Day holiday involving a Jackson Police officer.
Southern ‘Defiance’: The Fight for Roe Rages in MississippiEarlier this month, Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, who sponsored an anti-abortion bill in Mississippi this year, told the Jackson Free Press that those laws are indeed intended to trigger a Roe "test case" before the Supreme Court.