#OnThisDay in 1967, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued directives in the counterintelligence program, COINTELPRO, to spy on, gather information and discredit those associated with the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr. The COINTELPRO operations infiltrated

“Instead, they supported Trump over the former secretary of state 47% to 45%, according to Pew Research. Four years later, Trump’s share of white women voters increased to 53% in his unsuccessful reelection bid against President Joe Biden.” thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

“When slavery was abolished in 1865, more than five hundred sugarcane plantations lined both sides of the lower Mississippi River; today, more than 200 of those sites are occupied by some of the United States’ most polluting petrochemical facilities.” buff.ly/3ZuKyyU

The length of McAlpin's sentence was "unreasonable," his attorney argued, because McAlpin waited in his truck while other officers carried out the torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. mississippifreepress.org/goon-squad-dep…

This deal allows Georgia Power to profit from a coal power plant in Jackson County. In 2022, it “reported more than six million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA, more than any other facility in Mississippi.” Guautama Mehta writes grist.org/georgia-psc/wh…

A grocery sales tax holiday would save families money, support local businesses, and encourage lawmakers to pass legislation that would lower the current seven percent sales tax on groceries.

All four incumbents in Mississippi’s U.S. House delegation and one of its U.S. senators are on the ballot in November, but no debates are scheduled. mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-i…

Jackson Public Schools rallied for the “right to read” during the Children’s Defense Fund Summer Freedom Schools. mississippifreepress.org/at-jackson-fre…

The City of Jackson is warning residents about disaster preparedness as Mississippians prepare for tropical storm Francine to hit the state after making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. mississippifreepress.org/city-of-jackso…

Sending my thoughts and prayers to our coastal residents who are preparing for #HurricaneFrancine. 🙏🏾 weather.com/storms/hurrica…

Two big interviews out Mississippi Free Press today. First, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba on the rift with JXN Water. Earlier this year, Lumumba fired off a letter to the EPA accusing JXN Water of failure to seek competitive contracts, poor communication and slow progress. mississippifreepress.org/for-us-or-agai…

Even the conservative South Carolina Supreme Court knows private school voucher schemes are wrong. Don’t do it NC legislators. Give our hardworking teachers a raise instead. - RC

The State of Mississippi is warning residents about disaster preparedness as Mississippians prepare for Hurricane Francine to hit the state after making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. mississippifreepress.org/city-of-jackso…

Hurricane Francine’s storm surge on the Louisiana coast could reach as much as 10 feet (3 meters) from Cameron to Port Fourchon and into Vermilion Bay, forecasters said. mississippifreepress.org/francine-gains…

Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana with 100 mph winds. A storm surge warning stretched from the Mississippi-Alabama border to the Alabama-Florida border. Such a warning means life-threatening flooding could occur. (From AP) mississippifreepress.org/hurricane-fran…

My condolences to the Jackson family.🙏🏾

“Gonzalez says the next conservative president should attempt to defund the CPB through the annual appropriations process, which sets the budget of the federal government each year after Congress passes it and the president signs it…” verifythis.com/article/news/v…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to give the President immunity from prosecution is equivalent to the unfettered right of qualified immunity for law enforcement officers in our criminal justice system. Public record would be at the mercy of the court. verifythis.com/article/news/v…