22 Jun

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The pandemic caused economic uncertainty within many Mississippi households. Despite an eviction moratorium, many Mississippi landlords pursued evictions, both within and outside of the courts system. MCJ established the state's only COVID-related eviction prevention hotline for renters who suspected that they were being unlawfully evicted....

14 Jun

Posted at June 14, 2021 in In the News, Story by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   ABOUT THE HONOREES: Nan Aron is the founder and president of Alliance for Justice. For 42 years, she has led the nation's premier organization focused on social justice and the courts. Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland served as the House’s...

20 Apr

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Tony Agustin, a Mexican national, was arrested without warning last August in a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the Mississippi chicken plant where he worked. The ICE agents arrested 680 people in the raid. They quickly took Tony to a remote detention center in...

13 Apr

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Roy Harness has always been a hard worker. The Ruth, Mississippi, native and Vietnam-era veteran served three years in the Army before landing a good job as a structural builder with Southern California Edison Power Company in the late 1970s. “My daddy instilled a strong work...