2015/04/20 – A new lawsuit has been filed against the Mississippi Department of Corrections challenging the use of compounded drugs in executions. A new federal lawsuit has been filed against the Mississippi Department of Corrections challenging the use of compounded drugs …..
2015/04/19 – More than a dozen people will be compensated by the state of Mississippi this year for being wrongfully convicted of crimes. Some of the cases made headlines: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks, both of Noxubee County; Arthur Johnson of …..
2015/04/17 – An argument for why the movement to raise the minimum wage is critical, especially for the large numbers of low-wage black and brown workers who are living near the poverty line. Almost two years ago, McDonald’s worker Nancy Salgado …..
2015/04/16 – Mississippi residents converged on Jackson this month to push for a $15 minimum hourly wage and union representation for fast-food and other low-wage workers. The movement arrived on the heels of McDonald’s executives announcing a pay increase for workers …..
2015/04/16 – Dr. Cedrick Gray, the superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, seems to be proving tight-fisted Mississippi lawmakers right when they say it doesn’t necessarily take throwing money at schools to improve education. Gray, who has been with JPS since 2012, …..
