2016/06/12 – Jackson attorney Lisa Ross said she fears Mississippi Department of Education officials are defining the argument in their case against her client, Heidelberg Elementary School Principal Lawanda Tyler-Jones. In its ongoing investigation into allegations of widespread teacher-assisted student …..
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 …..
2016/05/11 – 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 …..
2016/01/07 – The firestorm surrounding what many have deemed controversial comments by Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes have a lot of people up in arms. Although many disagree with Stokes’ suggestion to “throw rocks, bricks and bottles” at neighboring law-enforcement …..
2016/01/02 – Dear friends and allies, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear issued an executive order this morning that will make it possible for thousands of Kentucky citizens with past criminal convictions to get back their right to vote — an …..