2015/04/29Ā –Ā Isnāt it wonderful when a dirty switch gets one-upped?Ā Thatās the way it went down in Jackson recently, when Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd altered the language of a flytrap ballot initiative created by anti-education legislators. Last year, One …..
2015/04/30 –Ā U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate recessed the court for lunch around 11:45 a.m. Thursday in the sentencing of the last two defendants in the hate crime conspiracy case that involved 10 young white people from Rankin County who …..
2015/04/28 –Ā As the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund marks its 75th anniversary,Ā The RootĀ looks back at the court rulings that defined its legacy.Ā TheĀ NAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundĀ has been fighting for justice on behalf of African Americans for the …..
2015/04/30 –Ā She Matters:Ā Toya Graham was scared and desperate to save her son from the melee. The same can be said about the people in the streets of Baltimore, who are doing everything they can to save themselves. Even before Toya …..
2015/04/28 –Ā On Monday morning, 25-year-old Freddie Gray was buried, and later that same day, protesters gathered to express their collective frustration with his death while in police custody. Freddie Gray was laid to rest Monday morning, and Monday evening Baltimore …..