Legislation to erase content about race and racism from Mississippi history lessons is moving quickly at the state Capitol. The bills are a form of censorship as they will ultimately strip our educators of the freedom to provide accurate and honest history instruction to public...
The Mississippi Center for Justice on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, delivered to Gov. Tate Reeves and key Mississippi legislative leaders a letter that condemns the push to stop educators from teaching the truth in history classrooms. A PDF of the letter can be found here....
There’s a divisive political issue making its way through the Mississippi Legislature this session and, if passed into law, our children will be those most affected. Bills have been filed with the purpose of erasing the history of race and racism from school textbooks and...
From every indication, on January 6, 2021, the president of the United States was complicit in an attempted armed takeover of the U.S. Capitol. If the insurrectionists had been successful, Trump would have led a coup against our government, overturning a fair election and upending our constitution. The impact would forever tarnish the United States’...
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 the H-2A program. American agricultural...
‘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 ORLEANS –– A coalition...
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 most promising...
For Immediate Release December 3, 2021 Contact – Patrick Taylor, ptaylor@mscenterforjustice.org, 769-230-2841 Judge Rules Mississippi’s Landlord-Tenant Laws Unconstitutional “Now is the time for legislators to act,” says MCJ President and CEO Vangela M. Wade. Jackson, MS – Mississippi Center for Justice is pleased with Hon. Judge Michael P Mills’ order declaring Mississippi’s eviction laws unconstitutional. MCJ has long argued...