Watch Jon Stewart’s best segments about Mississippi
Even when 'The Daily Show' hit close to home, it was hard not to laugh. The post Watch Jon Stewart’s best segments about Mississippi appeared first on Rethink Mississippi.
View ArticlePrimary Colors: How Robert Gray’s upset was more than a century in the making
Mississippi's anachronistic primary system made it possible for a mystery man to win the Democratic nomination for governor. The post Primary Colors: How Robert Gray’s upset was more than a century in...
View ArticleMississippi leads south in black student suspensions
Black students compose half of Mississippi's enrollment but receive 74 percent of suspensions according to a new analysis of federal school discipline data. The post Mississippi leads south in black...
View ArticleMy Mississippi: A setback and a sigh
HB 1523 has been on the minds of Mississippi natives living in other parts of the country. For many, it underscores why they left. The post My Mississippi: A setback and a sigh appeared first on...
View ArticleMy Mississippi: Reading Ms. Welty after HB 1523
On a recent visit home, writer Douglas Ray reflected on Mississippi's humane letters and inhumane laws. The post My Mississippi: Reading Ms. Welty after HB 1523 appeared first on Rethink Mississippi.
View ArticleMy Mississippi: On being black and ready to die
"We are not shocked, because unfortunately we know it's coming." The post My Mississippi: On being black and ready to die appeared first on Rethink Mississippi.
View ArticleCommentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric
A response to recent columns The Daily Mississippian by professors of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. The post Commentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric appeared...
View ArticleMy Mississippi: The state flag is racist ? and unoriginal
Every other state's flag features something distinctive about itself. Why doesn't ours? The post My Mississippi: The state flag is racist ? and unoriginal appeared first on Rethink Mississippi.
View ArticleCommentary: Changing the flag is just the start
For now, leave the flagpoles bare. Let Mississippi earn a new flag that reflects an inclusive and just state. The post Commentary: Changing the flag is just the start appeared first on Rethink...
View ArticleHonoring Fannie Lou Hamer
“There are two things we should all care about: never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.? – Fannie Lou Hamer Mrs. Hamer ? born on October 6, 1917 ? was a...
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