2016/05/17 – The Mississippi State Conference NAACP is deeply concerned with the current plight of Calhoun County District School senior Tyra Tucker. The Calhoun County School Board informed Tyra, who holds the number two GPA in her class, that she …..
2016/05/10 – The Mississippi State Conference NAACP joined the Human Rights Campaign and hundreds of people, both in and out of state, in a passionate protest against House Bill 1523. The bill promises state legal protection to religious groups and some …..
2016/05/11 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People joined more than 100 organizations in a massive protest in Washington, DC last month. The expansive sit-in culminated in noise, marches, shouting, and arrests – and you probably never …..
2016/05/11 – While state leaders seem thrilled to starve Mississippi’s revenue by approving $575 million in tax cuts (amid a $50 million shortfall, no less), they are not so eager to sacrifice tax cuts for the City of Jackson. So …..
2016/04/14 – County officials across Mississippi are warning of job losses and deep deficits as local jails are being deprived of the state inmates needed to keep them afloat. The culprit, say local officials, is state government and private prisons, …..
