The administration appears set to end federal oversight of police, including agencies that have committed systemic civil rights violations.

Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...

Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...

Before Civil Rights activist Dave Dennis participated and then helped plan Mississippi’s famous Summer of Freedom in 1964, ...

From launching community-driven schools to spearheading desegregation and beyond, Black women have been at the helm of innovating education.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...

The Chronicle is tracking higher ed’s dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. As colleges make changes in response to anti-DEI legislation and mounting political pressure, an ...

Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mississippi Power Chairman, President and CEO Anthony Wilson announced today that he will be retiring this summer after ... and editorial freedom is essential to ...

The Jackson area has a year-round festival scene, so check back in soon for a list of summer festivals ... include live ...

More than a decade after Adnan Syed’s murder case attracted massive interest through the hit podcast “Serial,” a Baltimore judge is considering a request to reduce his sentence to time served, which ...

Join us for the launch of Freedom in the World 2025: The Uphill Battle to Safeguard Rights, Freedom House's flagship report, which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil ...

Winona, Minn. (WXOW) - Over the next couple of weekends, Theatre du Mississippi will feature the work of local artists through the on-stage culmination of a playwriting competition. The four ...