Marshall Ramsey: A Mississippi Sermon
[ad_1] Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a…
[ad_1] Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a…
[ad_1] April 14, 1952 Ralph Ellison wrote “Invisible Man” for Random House. Credit: Courtesy of Random House Ralph Ellison’s only novel, “Invisible Man,” confronted many issues facing Black Americans and…
[ad_1] A coalition of clergy from around the state urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation that fully expands Medicaid coverage to upwards of 200,000 poor Mississippians and cautioned them…
[ad_1] In January, the head of Mississippi’s Department of Mental Health told lawmakers that people who aren’t charged with a crime are spending less time in jail than they used…
[ad_1] April 13, 1873 New Colfax Massacre memorial Credit: Courtesy of Heart of Louisiana On Easter Sunday, after Reconstruction Republicans won the Louisiana governor’s race, a group of white Democrats…
[ad_1] Efforts to expand Mississippi’s state financial aid programs to adult and part-time students could be at a standstill after the House failed to pass a bill to do so…
[ad_1] Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions…
[ad_1] No telling how many times this sports writer has made the drive back from Oxford to Jackson following some sports event. Hundreds of times for sure. I don’t know,…
[ad_1] Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to vote remains in the state’s constitution.…
[ad_1] This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, and Mississippi Today. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s…