Again, 'I emphatically reject the notion that Mississippians should acknowledge the month of April as Confederate Heritage Month. No one can dispute that the cause of the Confederacy was sinfully and morally wrong.' #Mississippi

'Economically, as the study of wealth disparities superseded studies of income, African Americans became more aware of the depth of racial inequalities and the role government played in creating, exacerbating and maintaining a racially stratified economic system.'

For Immediate Release:

Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Urges Department of Justice to Open an Investigation into the Disappearance of Missing Jackson Resident, Mr. Dau Mabil

After a Lexington police officer ran over a Black teen, city officials say no dashcam or body cam footage of Kadarius Smith’s death exists.

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves celebrates Confederate Heritage Month every April, but will not acknowledge the federal Juneteenth holiday. #ADOS #NeverForget #Reparations #BlackAgenda #Disaggregation

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In 2022, I wrote about Deshundra and Kendra Tate, a family killed by a gas leak in an apartment complex in the Mississippi Delta. Now, the company that owns Sunset Village has been federally debarred. HUD says it's pursuing 'separate enforcement actions.'

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Most Black #ADOS Mississippians are completely locked out of access to the American Dream. Attorney Antonio Moore’s research delves deeper into the lineage wealth gap between Black (ADOS) Americans other ethnic groups.

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My colleague Daja E. Henry 🌸 followed up with a deep dive into the tactics white supremacists have used in Mississippi to block Black voters from the ballot, including felony disenfranchisement laws.

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I think every ethnic group deserves the right to disaggregate themselves into specific racial categories. The White House OMB’s recent decision denied American descendants of slavery this opportunity, while granting access to other ethnic groups.

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in an official proclamation on April 12, 2024, marking the fifth year he has issued such a proclamation.

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“The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.”
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What would possess an actor to participate in this?

Marc Lamont Hill is one of a few journalists who has repeatedly interviewed ADOS Advocacy Foundation President, and CEO, Yvette Carnell. Carnell is a Political Science major, and former White House staffer. Her expertise on Black politics is highly underrated in my opinion.

A Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department warning of imminent flooding in a subdivision near Yazoo City was misinformed, a state officials say, and the claim risked an unnecessary evacuation as severe weather battered central Mississippi on Wednesday.

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Neighborhoods are evacuating in Yazoo County, Mississippi, after the sheriff warned that the levees are about to break on a lake amid the ongoing storms.