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...
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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...
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...
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 8
I Don’t Want Any More Cardboard Boxes: How I Accidentally Cured My Desire to Shop Online
Picture it, a balmy unseasonably warm October Texas day. There I was standing in my garage stacking boxes and thinking about how far I’d...
Adam Lynch
- Jan 21
Stubborn Legislators Unlikely to Deliver More than Band-aids to Failing Hospitals
Mississippi legislators, under current Republican leadership, will likely fail to enact lasting solutions for a rash of hospital closures...
Adam Lynch
- Jan 19
Mississippi’s Parole Board is Singlehandedly Swamping State Prisons
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ appointment of Jeffery Belk as chairman of the State Parole Board is costing the state dearly. Belk adopted...
Adam Lynch
- Jan 14
Biden Administration Invests in Jackson Water After Decades of MS Legislative Neglect
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba announced in a Jan. 6 statement that the city of Jackson has managed to nab about $800 million in grants and...
Adam Lynch
- Jan 10
Dept. of Justice installs Powerful Third-Party Manager over Jackson’s Water System
The U.S. Dept. of Justice recently filed an interim proposal for overseeing the City of Jackson’s problematic water system. If approved...
Adam Lynch
- Dec 16, 2022
Farmacy’s Prescription: Sustainable Food Options
As we close in on the holidays, The Lighthouse caught up with Marquitrice Mangham, a woman who recently opened a grocery store, Farmacy...
Adam Lynch
- Dec 1, 2022
EPA Investigates if
Mississippi Withheld Critical Water Infrastructure Funds to State’s Majority-Black Capital Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves fought back...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 27, 2022
Book Review: Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo
Money is never far from my mind—I’m a Capricorn, after all. When I didn’t have it, I was constantly worrying about how to get it. Now...
Adam Lynch
- Nov 10, 2021
National Labor Shortage is Actually a Nationwide Walkout
Businesses in southern states and nationwide are moving into the holiday season with a rash of vacancies on their sales and service...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 11, 2021
Grants and Residency Programs for BIQTPOC
Happy New Year, writers and artists! We’re excited to bring you this list of upcoming grant and residency opportunities. Some are seeking...
Perdita Patrice
- Dec 17, 2020
Black-Owned Businesses Abandoned by U.S. Pandemic Response
Black-owned small businesses were widely shut out from accessing PPP loans, yet right-wing disinfo org PV took half a million in public...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 30, 2020
New Report Shows Where the Money Is
While the Richy Riches, like Walmart’s Walton Family (Alice and Jim Walton pictured) have gotten richer, a majority of families in the...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 23, 2020
Financial Independence and a Village to Boot
I have never been financially independent. Every bit of what you see has been given to me or provided by someone else. More specifically,...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 20, 2020
COVID Economy Targets Black Mothers
owner until March of this year. Her company, Gemstone Bakery – The Cake Bar, was a mobile cottage foods vendor supplying vegan and paleo...
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