Positive Results in Michigan After Teen Incarcerations
by Adam Lynch Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a commission to decrease adolescent presence in Michigan’s justice system after a...
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Perdita Patrice
- Aug 2, 2022
Mississippi Legislators are Sneaking Millions in Subsidies to Segregation Schools
White Mississippians have a 60-year love affair with Jim Crow-era segregation academies, and some of them are determined to make...
Lee Escobedo
- Jul 27, 2022
“We Own This City” Returns to Baltimore to Tackle Police Brutality
“We Own This City,” written and created by David Simon, now streaming on HBO Max, represents an evolution of public sentiment toward law...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 1, 2022
SCOTUS Ruling Promises Problems for Mississippi’s LGBTQIA+ Youth
Jackson residents Dylan Hegwood (left) and Gee Lemonade say they’re already seeking opportunities elsewhere in anticipation of...
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 13, 2021
Greenwashing Britain’s Clean Energy by Polluting Black Mississippi Communities
A wood pellet producing facility in Gloster, Miss, has been dumping noxious VOCs on Black neighbors for years without notice. The Drax...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 30, 2021
Black Women Bein’ BOSS
Part of The Lighthouse’s celebration of its fifth birthday includes celebrating Black women, and this summer there were four glorious...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 29, 2021
Courtroom Kiki and the Dream of Self-Determination
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash In the first and second seasons of A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO, there is a recurring sketch titled,...
Jammie Garrett
- Apr 20, 2021
Say Her Name: State-Sanctioned Violence Against Black Women
The murder of George Floyd set the summer of 2020 ablaze. For eight minutes and 46 seconds the country watched in horror as he was...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 25, 2021
Mexican Border Crisis Revealing Who Has a Soul and Who Doesn’t
Migration law and order at the Mexican border speaks to a larger conversation of moral among American politicians. (Michał Huniewicz)...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 19, 2020
Despite Hardship, Black Georgia Voters Determined to Come Out Early to Vote
“It’s my custom to vote early … but Georgia doesn’t have a good reputation where voter rights are concerned,” said Lumbe Davis, a...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 9, 2020
President Defends Killing Racial Sensitivity Training
Audiences sat home aghast at the September presidential debate between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden....
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 22, 2020
Traitors in Ranks: I Am Vanessa Guillén too
Looking at Guillén’s photo, and hearing about the harassment concerns she had, brought back uneasy feelings and memories I’d put away.
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 25, 2020
GOP Governors Charge Ahead with Reopening States Despite Health Warnings
Two years after barely defeating his Black Democratic opponent, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is opening his state for business amid a deadly...
Perdita Patrice
- Apr 9, 2020
Lawsuit on Mississippi’s Jim Crow-Era School Funding System Moves Forward
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals did something nobody expected in this political climate: They took public...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 25, 2020
Ida B. Wells: A Lasting Legacy
I don’t know when I first learned about Ida B. Wells. I wonder if, being a Mississippian, she has always existed in my consciousness or...
Perdita Patrice
- Mar 20, 2020
Celebrating Unita Blackwell
At The Lighthouse, we observe Ms. Unita Blackwell’s birthday as a day of rest and reflection. This original artwork of Unita Blackwell...
Perdita Patrice
- Jun 26, 2019
Lawyer’s Committee to Georgia County: Stop Purging Black Voters
The Laurens County Board of Registrars and the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, in Georgia, is in the hot seat for illegally...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 11, 2017
Black Girl Perspective | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
We were inspired. Local DJ, Young Venom, curated a playlist for the Mississippi Museum of Art, and we decided, “Why not curate one for...
Perdita Patrice
- Sep 12, 2017
Nothing to Say
Yesterday evening, I drove around downtown Durham, North Carolina, looking for the place where the statue had been taken down. Thanks to...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 31, 2017
A Primer: Black August and Its Importance to Black Resistance and Survival
Pssst! I heard everyone talking about Black August, but I really don’t know what it is, it’s August 31st, and I never got around to doing...