Starbucks Workers Flex for the Holidays
Starbucks workers opened the holiday season with a major flex. The company union, Starbucks Workers United, staged a Nov. 16 walkout on...
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Adam Lynch
- Nov 16
Falling Population and Charter Schools Fuel JPS Closures
The declining Jackson population and increased leeching of JPS resources by charter schools are forcing the district to consider closing...
Adam Lynch
- Nov 9
Roe is Dead and the Hunt is On, Say Reports
Roughly a decade ago, Mississippi resident and prospective mom, Sumati Thomas, was struggling with another pregnancy. After several...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 27
Mississippi Facing Small Government’s Big Bill
A $365 million bag of pain is about to hit the Mississippi legislature next January, and our own bad policy keeps filling new bags. The...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 21
False Belief in Rising Crime Could Undermine Juvenile Justice Gains
A new report from the Sentencing Project warns that rising political pressure fueled by overblown public perception of crime could roll...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 19
New Storm Brewing for Childcare Facilities as Federal Subsidy Ends
The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) counteracted some of COVID-19’s economic devastation by helping families and mothers return to...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 12
Banned Books Week Declares War on Ignorance and Erasure
Advocates launched Banned Books Week in 1982 in response to a surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 5
New Federal Work Program Predicted to Recruit Black/Minority Workers
Black youth and young adults could benefit from President Joe Biden’s new American Climate Corps workforce and training service...
Adam Lynch
- Oct 5
Georgia Republicans Announce Appeal to Continue Voter Suppression
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other Republican leaders are still working to make voting hard in...
Adrian Wynn
- Oct 5
Pre-Gaming for Election Season
Do you smell that in the air? No, it’s not the smell of pumpkin spice everything—not even the smell of Mama’s famous dressing topped with...
Adam Lynch
- Sep 22
Drought and Climate Change Stalking Black Farmers
The stubborn drought in Louisiana and Mississippi is driving up produce prices, but Black farmers are taking hits in unexpected places...
Adam Lynch
- Sep 19
Young Black Voters Could Change Democracy, With Effort
Undemocratic gerrymanders infest Mississippi electoral districts so thoroughly that it is nearly impossible for a House or Senate seat to...
Staff
- Sep 7
Identity Politics is Hurting Candidate Quality in Mississippi
White Republican voters in Mississippi almost always vote Republican regardless of quality. They’ll vote for a man who was Lieutenant...
Adam Lynch
- Sep 1
Black Children Increasingly Turning to Suicide
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions says Black youth now have the fastest rising suicide rate among races. Information,...
Adam Lynch
- Aug 25
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Cronies Delete Black Public-School Libraries
After centuries of discouraging Black people from reading, the white appointee of a white governor is overseeing a plan to remove library...
The Lighthouse
- Jul 14
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch is Whipping State Law with a Bible
Outgoing Democratic Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood shocked and dismayed Democrats in 2019 when he refused to endorse Democratic AG...
Natalie A. Collier
- Jul 12
Clarence Thomas and His Friends Got it Wrong
Sadly and unsurprisingly, the unpopular Supreme Court racked up one destructive tear-down after another this past week in its crusade...
Adam Lynch
- Jul 7
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Racially-biased Juries, Says Justice
The conservative U.S. Supreme Court has seemingly abandoned an earlier policy against depriving Black defendants of a fair unbiased jury....
Adam Lynch
- Jun 29
Texas Legislators Declare Prisoners Can Cook in State Prisons this Year
The Texas Legislature ended their session in May without investing in air conditioning for sweltering Texas prisons, which boosts the...
Adam Lynch
- Jun 23
Attorney Says Police Abuse in Rural Towns Likely Rampant
A Lexington, Mississippi attorney warns that small town political and cultural environments could cultivate piles of unreported police...
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