Mississippi
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Mar- 2024 -5 MarchPolitics
DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Practices in Lexington, Mississippi Police Department
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that the Lexington…
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Apr- 2020 -4 April#NNPA BlackPress
‘NOTHING IS NORMAL’: Small-town hospital soldiers ahead against pandemic
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As of March 31, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s website was reporting 1,073 total cases…
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Mar- 2020 -5 March#NNPA BlackPress
150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by…
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Feb- 2020 -24 February#NNPA BlackPress
Outgoing Mississippi Governor Says state faces ‘1,000 years of Darkness’ if Black Man Elected
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I intend to work for @cindyhydesmith as if the fate of America depended on her single election,"…
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Jan- 2020 -20 January#NNPA BlackPress
Activists return to Mississippi with Jay-Z and other celebs to close Parchman
ROLLING OUT — A little over a week ago, the activist group Until Freedom, traveled from New York City to…
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18 January#NNPA BlackPress
Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An investigation led by The Marshall Project and the nonprofit Mississippi Today discovered that hundreds of Mississippi…
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Sep- 2019 -30 September#NNPA BlackPress
HUD Says Deregulation, Not Affordable Housing, Needed to Solve Homelessness
WASHINGTON INFORMER — For more than a decade, economists, lawmakers and others have heralded the nation’s economy. Often citing how unemployment…
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27 September#NNPA BlackPress
Healthy Living Depends On Location
THE AFRO — Did you know that where you live determines how long and how well you’ll live? In news that…
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19 September#NNPA BlackPress
The Human and Economic Toll of Gun Violence is Staggering
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The September 18 state-by-state examination of the economic costs of gun violence, reveals numbers that the committee…
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16 September#NNPA BlackPress
United College Action Network (U-CAN) Celebrating 20 years
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Dr. Alan Rowe founded the United College Action Network (U-CAN) with his wife Donna Rowe in 1988 and…
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