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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Mississippi’s Supreme Court district lines must be redrawn to ensure Black people in the state don't have their voting power diluted.

Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court districts dilute Black vote, must be redrawn - Mississippi Today No Black person has ever been elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court without first obtaining an interim appointment from the governor, and no Black person from either of the two other districts has ...

🚨 WE WON! A few years ago, fresh out of law school, I joined a lawsuit as 1 of 4 plaintiffs suing the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners over Mississippi’s Supreme Court election map-which violated the Voting Rights Act.

After 3 years of litigation, today we got the news: WE WON!

This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.

This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving

Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."

www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

Happy Juneteenth!

Did you know that the State of Mississippi had a majority Black population until the late 1930s?#TheMoreYouKnow

Mississippi Black History that you didn’t know:

But I thought the economy in MS was booming?!

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country.

Otherwise, it’s just racism.

Voting activist Stacey Abrams is among headliners at “Medgar Evers at 100: A Legacy of Justice, a Future of Change” June 27-29.

Amount of federal cuts to health agencies doubles - Mississippi Today Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public health laboratory, the agency’s ability to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and...

Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public health laboratory, the agency’s ability to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and preparedness efforts for emerging pathogens, like avian bird flu.

Consider this Mississippi:

Former trusties in the Rankin County Detention Center consistently said that the program saved their lives. But some questioned the power wielded by the officials who oversaw it.

I am sorry but I dont trust Shad white, he is politically ambitious, I am pretty sure many politically connected want this thing to disappear but we will see what happens

Mississippi Sheriff to be Investigated by State Auditor In Mississippi, a sheriff accused of staffing his family’s commercial chicken farm with inmates defended the practice, saying he always paid them.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

At what point is this Sheriff going to be forced to resign?

“You’re his property”: A local sheriff in Mississippi staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
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Answering Questions About ICE’s Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil Homeland Security officials and President Donald Trump indicated that Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest was directly tied to his role in protests over Gaza.

ICE agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil and sent him to a prison in Jena, La.

Homeland Security officials and Trump have indicated that the arrest was over his role in organizing protests against Israel's war on Gaza last spring at Columbia University.

Trump turns White House lawn into car lot for megadonor Musk It’s easy to get inured to the corruption, but hawking Teslas on the South Lawn was among the most obscene events in White House history.

“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The real reason the Regions building in downtown Jackson, MS is being sold at auction:
www.costar.com/article/2009...

What if the 117k adult residents in Jackson, MS, stopped spending money in the suburbs for an entire week? How would that impact those economies?

106 years ago this week, the US Army realized that it was hiring unqualified, uneducated, illiterate job candidates because of racial preferences…

White men

Rankin County deputies regularly entered homes without warrants, beat people to get information and illegally seized evidence, a former deputy said.

Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...

www.kcur.org/podcast/up-t...

Sen. Roger Wicker says Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” as Defense Secretary. The real "rookie mistake" was Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith voting to confirm him in the first place.
We deserve leaders who put our security first—not politicians who rubber-stamp incompetence. #TyPinkinsForUSSenate

Wayans Family To Be Inducted Into NAACP Image Awards’ Hall Of Fame The NAACP said Thursday that the Wayans family will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.

The Wayans Family will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards’ Hall of Fame

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What if I told you the Montgomery bus boycott didn't begin in AL?
Or that the protesters NEVER asked the city to desegregate
Or that the boycott is not what changed the city's segregation laws

Today, ContrabandCamp unwhitewashes the Montgomery bus boycott

Did you know?

Sarah Rector, at 11 years old, was one of the richest women in the United States.

Born in 1902 to African descendants of the Muscogee Nation, Rector was granted 160 acres of barren land by the federal government as a result of the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887. She struck oil.

@karenhunter.bsky.social you complain too much about efforts of others that you don't like. Where is YOUR blueprint that is actually workable? Push YOUR plan and leave others to theirs!