Voters struggle as ballot deadlines pass in Mississippi Senate race

Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 2,604 votes in Mississippi Senate race as final Hinds County tally looms

Hinds, Mississippi's largest county and a Democratic stronghold is expected to upload results of its outstanding ballots on Wednesday.

Ole Miss students and parents call for accountability after viral racist incident

On Tuesday, a student appearing to make ape-like sounds and gestures outside other University of Mississippi students' apartment apologized.

Nonprofit celebrates personal finance and economic literacy

Business leaders, politicians and educators learned about the importance of financial and economic literacy at the Mississippi Council on Economic Education’s annual fundraiser.  “If we all begin making decisions from a place of being better informed, we can make a meaningful impact on our families, schools, communities and society,” said Jaqueline Brown, a teacher from […]

Mississippi's newest barrier to voting is Experian data, brother of slain civil rights activist writes

Brother of slain civil rights activist Andrew Goodman writes that 62 years after death of his brother Mississippi is still putting up barriers to voting. Experian is the latest roadblock.

Few museums show the North's Civil Rights Movement. A new one in Harlem is ‘just getting started’

The Urban Civil Rights Museum will open this weekend in New York's Harlem neighborhood, providing a look at the region's lesser-known histories of the Civil Rights Movement and the changemakers and artists whose contributions helped shape politics and culture worldwide.