Justice
IHL college board to approve relocating Confederate monument from heart of Ole Miss campus
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The Confederate monument has been a focus of protests in recent weeks, and college board approval is the final step needed for relocation.
Mississippi State Flag
Ep. 110: Why changing the state flag is an uphill battle in 2020
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Mississippi Today reporters discuss what would need to happen for the state to change its flag.
Mississippi State Flag
Here’s where Senate members stand on changing the Mississippi state flag
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Should Mississippi change its state flag? Mississippi Today is posing this question to all 52 state senators.
Mississippi State Flag
Here’s where House members stand on changing the Mississippi state flag
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Should Mississippi change its state flag? Mississippi Today is posing this question to all 120 House representatives.
Mississippi State Flag
‘Racist relic of the past’: Powerful teachers group pushes to change state flag
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The president of the organization asked thousands of teachers to demand lawmakers change the state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem.
2020 Legislative Session
Bipartisan group of lawmakers, with Speaker Gunn’s blessing, pushes to change Mississippi state flag
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The discussions mark one of the first earnest legislative efforts to change the state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, since 2001.
Justice
Mississippi lawmakers could change the state flag today if they wanted. Here’s how.
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As tens of thousands of black Mississippians and their multi-racial allies have marched in Mississippi streets, the state flag has been and will remain a focal point of demonstrations.
The Other Side Podcast
Ep. 109: ‘It’ll take leadership’: As protests rage, Mississippi leaders hear renewed talks of criminal justice reform
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Rep. Zakiya Summers talks about the protests in Mississippi and the impact of COVID-19 on voting.
Justice
‘If Mississippi is ready for change, then everybody is’: Historic crowd of thousands packs streets of Jackson to protest racial inequities
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Chants of “I can’t breathe!” and “Black lives matter!” and “No justice, no peace!” echoed down Capitol Street outside the Governor’s Mansion as organizers rallied the crowd.
Justice
Live updates: Black Lives Matter protest in Jackson
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The Black Lives Matter Mississippi protest began at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday at 3 p.m. with turnout appearing to exceed expectations.
Justice
Madison County prosecutor: ‘We can only hope the deadly coronavirus strain spreads in riots’
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Pamela Hancock defended herself for a Facebook comment in which she suggested “the deadly strain” of coronavirus should spread among rioters who are protesting inequity in the criminal justice system.
The Other Side Podcast
Ep. 108: Gov. Tate Reeves scores a big win, and Democrats keep losing
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Mississippi Today’s reporters discuss the latest political news and the troubles in the state Democratic Party.
Politics
Q&A: Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak discusses concerns raised about political strategy and race
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Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak spoke with Mississippi Today about several concerns raised in this week’s three-part series on the state party.
Politics
Black voters are the overwhelmingly majority of Mississippi Democratic Party’s base. Why is party leadership white?
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Part three of our three-part series on the Mississippi Democratic Party illustrates how the party’s leadership has failed to support and devote resources to black Mississippians, who make up at least 70 percent of the party’s voting base.
Politics
Top strategists say Mississippi Democratic Party’s focus on white moderates can’t work. Will anything change?
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The second part in our three-part series on the Mississippi Democratic Party illustrates how a political identity crisis within the party is harming candidates up and down ticket.