MCJ Will Not Stand By!
From every indication, on January 6, 2021, the president of the United States was complicit in an attempted armed takeover of the U.S. Capit...
January 06, 2022 Story
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Expanding Medicaid Would Impact Breast Cancer
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I am swept up in a wave of emotions. You see, this month marks the 25th anniversary of my surgery to...
October 25, 2021 Blog Story -
MCJ Combating Leading Cause of Black Land Loss
The Mississippi Center for Justice and the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, with support from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark...
October 14, 2021 In the News Press Release Story
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The Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice. Supported and staffed by attorneys and other professionals, the Center develops and pursues strategies to combat discrimination and poverty statewide.
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MCJ, NAACP & LCEF Sign Joint Letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Concerning Abuse of the H-2A Guestworker Program
A PDF of the letter can be found here. The full text is below. Dear Secretary Walsh: We are writing to you regarding our concerns about the U.S. Department of Labor’s administration and oversight of the temporary agricultural guestworker program, also known as......
December 20, 2021 In the News Press Release -
MCJ Coalition Demands Federal Intervention Amid ICE Violations
‘Unchecked Culture of Abuse’: Immigrant Rights Coalition Demands Federal Intervention Amid ICE Field Office’s Anti-Blackness and Life-Endangering Violations As civil rights division opens unprecedented investigation into the New Orleans ICE Field Office, survivors and immigrants’ rights organizations call for closures and releases NEW......
December 16, 2021 In the News Press Release -
SCOTUS Allows Abortion Providers to Challenge Restrictive Texas Law; Bounty System Remains
Mississippi Center for Justice – Co-Counsel for Mississippi’s Only Abortion Provider – Issues Statements on Supreme Court Ruling on “Bounty Hunter” Texas Abortion Law Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in two cases challenging Texas’ ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 8), ending two of the......
December 10, 2021 In the News
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Today’s the day that determines the future of women’s rights
Vangela M. Wade is president and CEO of Mississippi Center for Justice Today’s the day. The day that determines the future of women’s rights. The day that dictates the authenticity of liberty for American women and the health of our nation. The day that charts......
December 01, 2021 Blog