2015/05/26 – May 26, 1857: Dred Scott won his freedom from slavery two months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he had no right to sue because he was property, not a person. The sons of Scott’s first owner, Peter …..
2015/05/26 – The potential for nearly 15 percent of Mississippi students to repeat the third grade after flunking reading tests has amped up the political, partisan fear and loathing that passes for public education policy debate in this state. It’s somber …..
2015/05/26 – The deadline imposed by a local union chapter of teachers in Jackson Public Schools has come and gone, and Superintendent Cedrick Gray has said he will not meet with the group because they refuse to include other stakeholders. The …..
2015/5/22-The Mississippi NAACP is outraged at Gov. Phil Bryant’s latest attempt to link recent, cowardly acts of brutality against members of law enforcement with growing national frustration over police violence against unarmed individuals and general resentment of a lop-sided economic …..
Changing neighborhoods may be a class issue, but in America, that means it’s also a racial one. 2015/5/26-Ask city-dwellers to describe what, precisely, gentrification is you’ll get an array of answers. The term is a murky one, used to describe …..
