09 Feb HB 1029 Allows Mississippi’s IHL Board to Create New Questionable Student Debt Product

Posted at February 09, 2021 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

  The current language may allow private companies to take a cut of students’ future income for an undetermined amount of time and without protections against unfair lending practices.   Overview HB 1029 authorizes the Board of Institution for Higher Learning (IHL) to set the rules of the...

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05 Feb MCJ Receives Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Advance Racial and Economic Justice in Mississippi  

Posted at February 05, 2021 in In the News, Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Center for Justice Receives Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Advance Racial and Economic Justice in Mississippi     Jackson, MS – Mississippi Center for Justice received a 3-year, $1.3 million grant to continue its mission to strengthen social, racial, and economic justice in Mississippi by...

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03 Feb The Long Road to Recovery for Asylum Seekers in the Biden Administration

Posted at February 03, 2021 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

By Amelia McGowan, immigration campaign director / senior attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice Over the past four years, we have seen significant attacks on the US asylum and refugee systems, to the point that they have “degenerated into little more than a pit of misery,...

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28 Jan MCJ’s Weekly Delta Radio Show – Community Conversations with Mississippi Center for Justice

Posted at January 28, 2021 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Radio listeners in the Mississippi Delta can tune in to Community Conversations with Mississippi Center for Justice every Tuesday at 4:30PM on 97.9 The Beat with DJ Bigg V.  Join attorney Ty Pinkins and Yumekia Jones from MCJ for a discussion on steps that we...

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18 Jan The Challenge of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted at January 18, 2021 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Through our scientific and technological genius, we have made of this world a neighborhood and yet we have not had the ethical commitment to make of it a brotherhood. But somehow, and in some way, we have got to do this. We must all learn...

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15 Jan FWD.us Research Demonstrates the Harm Long Prison Sentences Have on Mississippi Taxpayers, Families, and Communities

Posted at January 15, 2021 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

JACKSON, MS – Today FWD.us released a research brief that outlines the significant and sustained damage habitual sentencing laws are having on Mississippi families and communities.   We All Pay: Mississippi’s Harmful Habitual Laws details how the state’s current incarceration crisis is driven by habitual laws that add years, decades,...

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30 Dec MCJ files suit against MS State Auditor on behalf of UM Prof. James Thomas

Posted at December 30, 2020 in In the News, Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

For Immediate Release December 30, 2020 Contact: Robert B. McDuff, Director of the George Riley Impact Litigation Initiative, Mississippi Center for Justice, rmcduff@mscenterforjustice.org, 601-259-8484   MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE FILES SUIT FOR UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JAMES THOMAS AGAINST STATE AUDITOR SHAD WHITE   Today, the Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf...

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29 Dec Unprecedented Challenges Require Extraordinary Actions

Posted at December 29, 2020 in Blog, In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

 It's been an extraordinary year! I can assure you that MCJ has fought for the most vulnerable Mississippians throughout this unprecedented health and economic crisis. Our work is testament to our conviction. Fighting difficult battles and overcoming insurmountable odds is what we do in Mississippi....

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28 Dec NFL Gives to MCJ in Recognition of Curtis Flowers

Posted at December 28, 2020 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

[caption id="attachment_1941" align="alignright" width="300"] Curtis Flowers. Photo credit to NFL Inspire Change.[/caption] The NFL is recognizing Curtis Flowers and other heroes in the struggle against systemic racism. Each honoree designated a nonprofit organization to receive a donation from the league. MCJ is thankful that Mr. Flowers...

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21 Dec Remembering William Winter

Posted at December 21, 2020 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

    [caption id="attachment_1936" align="alignright" width="300"] MCJ founder Martha Bergmark and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Fred Banks present Gov. Winter with the 2012 Champion of Justice award.[/caption] The Mississippi Center for Justice mourns the loss of Governor William Winter. With Governor Winter’s passing, Mississippi has lost a...

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