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“Preserving Our Legacy: Let’s Bank on It!”

By: DeVoyce C. MorrisPost Mound Bayou, MS 38762, September 20, 2023:  DeVoyce C. Morris, Chairman of the Mound Bayou Historic Preservation Commission, announced today...

Barbershop Series focuses on prostate cancer awareness

By: DeAnna Tizzie Johnson, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Jackson Advocate Jackson, MS (September 19, 2023) –– The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health’s Black Men’s Health...

Black Men’s Health Equity Council wants Brothers to Go Get Checked!

By: Warren Jones, MPH September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.  Black men are 1.6 times more likely to get prostate cancer than other racial groups and...

Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain...

What’s at stake as 13,000 workers go on strike at major US auto makers

DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's...

Libya evacuates flooded city as searchers look for 10,000 missing after death toll passes 11,000

DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities evacuated residents from an inundated city Friday and limited access to it, as searchers dug through mud and...

More than 700 million people don’t know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again,...

Putin meets the leader of Belarus, who suggests joining Russia’s move to boost ties with North Korea

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a meeting Friday with his Belarusian ally, who suggested that Minsk could could join Moscow's efforts...

There’s no sign of widespread COVID-19 mandates in the US. Republicans are warning of them anyway

NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued...

Mississippi should revive process to put issues on ballot, Secretary of State Watson says

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should revive a process that lets voters put initiatives on the statewide ballot, Secretary of State Michael Watson said Wednesday, although...

On the road again: Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put pandemic in the rearview

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you're not alone. The rate of workers driving to...

Communities across Appalachia band together for first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution event

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An effort to destigmatize the use of overdose reversal drugs that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded...

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