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...
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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...
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...
Kamaria Swan
- Feb 28
Welcome to March!
Artwork by: Jeanette Miller Orchids. Roses. Tulips. Aurora. Real petals are nice. But we can get these bouquets together figuratively as...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 24
Angela Davis had People on the Mayflower and Twitter is Disgusted
Angela Davis was featured on a recent episode of “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” You’re likely familiar with the show....
Nicole Froio
- Feb 17
'Toward a Global Idea of Race' Asks Relevant Questions about the Origins of Racism
As Brazil welcomes the inclusive administration of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva and progressive forces in the U.S. hold the Senate...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 15
Representation Won’t Save Us: Rihanna Finally Tells Us Why She did Superbowl Halftime
I was perturbed when I saw Rihanna would perform at Super Bowl LVII. The reason was just years earlier in 2019, she told US Vogue in...
Zeniya Cooley
- Feb 10
It Hurts to Love Hip-Hop
The earliest rap song I remember loving was 50 Cent’s 2003 single “21 Questions.” Growing up, I enjoyed its breezy melody and jingling...
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...
Aishwarya Jagani
- Feb 2
How The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Finance Keeps People of Color Poor
Despite its failings, Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs are quickly becoming an essential part of many industries, especially...
The Lighthouse
- Feb 1
House Bill Imposes Unelected Judges on Majority-Black City
Hinds County Judicial officers and members of Mississippi’s largest Black metropolitan area are accusing white legislators of...
The Lighthouse
- Feb 1
Welcome to February!
Have you noticed your eyes bulging in disbelief as a reaction to grocery store prices lately? 😳 Have you noticed the purchase of eggs...
Adam Lynch
- Jan 27
Black Voices in Miss. Legislature Go Silent Again, 60 Years After the Voting Rights Act
Until the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Mississippi government was a race-based totalitarian regime that excluded roughly half its...
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- Jan 26
Georgia Continues Vicious Race Based Weed Convictions, While "Legalizing" Medicinal Marijuana
Last September, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission ("GAMCC") unanimously approved medical marijuana licenses for Botanical...
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...