JacksonFreePress.com Donna Ladd "Be the change." Those are three such simple words, yet so powerful. Gandhi's call for each of us to just go become the change we want to see around us is truly the first step to creating stronger communities and bridging the division we've...
Law.Olemiss.edu Jillian Steptoe OXFORD, Miss.–The University of Mississippi School of Law’s Pro Bono Initiative was recognized by preLaw magazine as one the nation’s top 25 most innovative law school clinics. PreLaw magazine recently released a ranking which honored law school clinics based on innovation in subject matter, structure...
Fox Carolina Steve Phillips MISSISSIPPI SOUND (WLOX) - A network of community groups hosted an event this past week, calling attention to the challenges facing commercial fishermen. The annual outing is called Come Fish off My Boat. Scientists and researchers spent eight hours aboard a Vietnamese shrimp boat....
Nerd Wallet Alice Holbrook When you think of oil spills like Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon – which hit the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 – images of oil-slicked birds are probably some of the first that come to mind. But wildlife aren’t the only ones hurt by...
Washington Times DAVID MONROE GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Leflore County High School is using a graphic novel based on the life of U.S. Rep. John Lewis to help teach civil rights history. The school received a donation of more than 500 copies of “March: Book One” from the...
GulfLive.com Warren Kulo BILOXI, Mississippi -- Law enforcement agencies have perhaps the largest presence at the Pathways2Possibilities career expo going on this week at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center. No less than 10 agencies are present, including units from the office of Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran,...
GulfLive.com Warren Kulo BILOXI, Mississippi -- Law enforcement agencies have perhaps the largest presence at the Pathways2Possibilities career expo going on this week at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center. No less than 10 agencies are present, including units from the office of Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran,...
Clarion Ledger Emly Le Coz If U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves doesn't grant the preliminary injunction sought against Mississippi's gay marriage ban, it will surprise most of the people in his courtroom on Wednesday. Reeves grilled the state's defense of its gay marriage ban on almost every...
Forbes.com James Marshall Crotty The new for-profit college rules announced this week by the U.S. Department of Education have elicited vehement detractors from both sides of the debate, who believe that the regulations either go too far or don’t go far enough. The Mississippi Center for Justice,...
For Immediate Release MCJ AWARDED HUD GRANT TO FIGHT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2014 CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769.230.2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON—The Mississippi Center for Justice was recently awarded a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant to address housing discrimination in the...
