Mississippi senators recently beat the stew out of a bill that would have applied more transparency and rules to their campaign finances, leaving the bill gutted,...
April 4, 1928 Credit: Wikipedia Poet, author, playwright, film director, music composer and activist Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis. Due to her parents’ turbulent...
For the second straight year, Mississippi Today and Open Campus reporter Molly Minta was named a finalist for a coveted Education Writers Association award. Molly Minta...
We’ve got two compelling Final Fours coming up this weekend and the women’s version might be the more interesting of the two. It certainly has more...
April 2, 1855 John Mercer Langston, the first Black public official in the U.S., served as a town clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio. Credit: Wikipedia John Mercer...
April 1, 1935 Credit: Courtesy of Harpo Films publicity Before an integrated audience of 2,000, the “Great Debaters” of Wiley College of Marshall, Texas, defeated the...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison break down the differences in the House Medicaid expansion plan and the Senate Medicaid expansion plan. They discuss where the...
March 30, 1941 CBS aired the nation’s first hour-long network radio show with an all-Black cast. Until then, Black musicians, actors and performers were often barred...
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce Michael Guidry as managing editor. Guidry, who joined the Mississippi Today staff in February 2024, manages the newsroom’s day-to-day reporting...
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce Geoff Pender as Politics and Government Editor. Pender, who first joined the Mississippi Today staff as senior political reporter in...