More than a century before failing infrastructure left Jackson, Mississippi, without running water this summer, thousands of the capital city's residents gathered in a park downtown to celebrate the new water filtration plant that promised to turn the muddy liquid flowing into people’s taps into “clean, pure water.”
Read MoreThroughout his career in law enforcement, Sam Dobbins patrolled the streets of Mississippi with impunity, despite a history of racist remarks and policing, a reputation for violence and allegations he nearly beat a man to death.
Read MoreIn a recording obtained by MCIR, a Mississippi law enforcement officer can be heard bragging about killing 13 people in the line of duty, saying, “I shot that n----- 119 times, OK?”
Read MoreLEXINGTON — As this town’s Confederate statue loomed over the Holmes County square, community members erupted in celebration over the removal of Sam Dobbins from his position as police chief.
Read MoreNearly nine months to the day after a winter storm froze Jackson’s water system, James Brooks is boiling his tap water. Again.
Read MoreSince the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, communities of color have been ravaged disproportionately by the virus. And as the world celebrates the distribution of vaccines, these same communities who need them most are shying away from the cure.
Read MoreThe pandemic started far from our nation, but the disease soon struck our shores.
Our leaders downplayed the possible harm, and before long, Americans began to be infected at an alarming rate.
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