Georgia's Fist Remains Tightly Clenched on History of Slavery and Exploitation for Profit
Congress outlawed debt slavery in 1867, but corporations continue to successfully lobby for policies that profit off prison labor. The...
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Angela Grayson
- 2 days ago
Love Letter to Fannie Lou Hamer
Mrs. Hamer, As I walked neighborhoods of the Mississippi Delta last summer, I thought about you. I thought about the determination and...
Adam Lynch
- 2 days ago
‘Bo and the Jump Out Boys’ Set to Take Jackson at Governor’s Signature
The Mississippi Capitol Police, known for having shot four people since September, will soon be patrolling a large swath of Jackson, if...
Adam Lynch
- 7 days ago
Gov. Reeves Caves to Drooping Polls, Extends Popular Postpartum Medicaid Care for Women
A coalition of religious leaders pressed the Mississippi legislature to extend postpartum Medicaid care for women last month. After years...
Perdita Patrice
- 7 days ago
Dear Ms. Angelou,
I hope this finds you glorious. Perhaps carried to you on light breezes in your favorite place. It’s been almost a decade since you...
Adam Lynch
- 7 days ago
Gov. Tate Reeves’ Infrastructure Plan Follows State Strategy to Disown the City of Jackson
Gov. Tate Reeves unveiled an infrastructure plan last month that continues lawmakers’ decades-long trend of ignoring the state’s largest...
Madison Meeks
- 7 days ago
Fisk University Gymnastics, Trailblazing in Excellence
History has been made, folks! Fisk University’s gymnastics team had their first meet on January 6, 2023 at the Super 16 Invitational in...
Adam Lynch
- Mar 17
New Report Shows Court Fines and Fees Contribute to Youth Delinquency
The Black Girl Times (BGX) has already covered how justice court related fines contribute to recidivism. Now a February report suggests...
Adam Lynch
- Mar 17
Costly Fees for Those on Parole Aggravate Recidivism Across the Nation
It’s harder to get parole in Mississippi now that the state parole board is quashing applications. But should you manage to get past the...
Madison Meeks
- Mar 16
Simone Biles Redefining Black Excellence
By Madison Meeks It is no secret that Simone Biles is in a league of her own. At twenty-four years old, she already has four gymnastics...
Tiffany Eve Lawrence
- Mar 15
The Rules Have Changed! More Words Available for Black Kids
It was a typical Sunday in children’s church class. The bustle of parents picking up their children was the cue adult service was over,...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 10
Debra Lee Releases Memoir and Reveals #MeToo Experience
Former BET CEO Debra Lee released her memoir, “I Am Debra Lee,” this week and everyone is talking about the long-term affair she had with...
Angela Grayson
- Mar 9
The Future of Black Women's Power in the South
March 7 marks the day Mississippi approved one-year postpartum coverage of Medicaid for low-income mothers in Mississippi. Black women...
Mashael Shah
- Mar 9
Brown and Fat: Reading bell hooks’ “all about love”
“My grief was a heavy, despairing sadness ... despair rooted in the fear that love did not exist, could not be found.” bell hooks’ words...
Alana Brown-Davis
- Mar 8
The True Cost of a Golden Ticket
If someone would’ve told me at the beginning of my senior year I’d choose Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College instead of following...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 3
Watch: The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige Starts off with a Heavy Pour
There’s nothing like getting together with your girlfriends to talk about life over a meal or a drink. Settling in for juicy conversation...
Adam Lynch
- Mar 3
Bigot Bill on the Way to Eager Mississippi Governor
Reeves claims "activists" are “persuading kids they can live as a girl if they’re a boy and live as a boy if they’re a girl.” Source:...
Adam Lynch
- Mar 3
Federal Authorities Investigating White Rankin Deputies Who Shot a Victim in the Mouth
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey claims he is working with federal authorities investigating six white deputies for waterboarding and...
Adam Lynch
- Mar 3
White Legislators Make a Move on Fed Money Slated for Jackson
Mississippi Sen. David Parker, R-Olive Branch, proposed a bill removing the majority-Black city of Jackson from overseeing its own water...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 28
Why are We All Exhausted?
Day after day, year after year we are exposed to the realities, and often horrors, of modern life through social media and 24-hour news...
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