06 Jan

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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’...

30 Oct

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The Mississippi Center for Justice and the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, with support from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark, will provide legal services, assistance and resources to help historically underserved Mississippians keep generational land and conserve working forests.   JACKSON, MISS., OCT. 14, 2021 - The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center...

21 Jul

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“If you can say you can’t breathe, you’re breathing.” With those words, Petal, MS, Mayor Hal Marx drew condemnation from across the nation following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, by police officer Derek Chauvin.   Community members and local advocacy groups, including...

22 Jun

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Rev. Benson Adu is a Nigerian pastor who was persecuted by Boko Haram. They kidnapped, beat, and cut him, and when he escaped, they tracked him down again. He fled to the U.S., thinking that getting out of the country would keep Boko Haram from harming his...

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

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[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...