News & Commentary

Alex Reimer |Outsports| March 9, 2021 There are a multitude of crises facing America right now: the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, economic devastation, fights for racial and social justice.

By Meredith Deliso |ABC| March 7, 2021 A growing number of states have introduced legislation that LGBTQ advocates say targets transgender youth and their access to school sports and gender-affirming health care.

By Ashton Pittman |MS Free Press| March 5, 2021 Incarcerated pregnant women and mothers of minor children will gain new protections under Mississippi law after the state senators, like their House colleagues, unanimously passed House Bill 196,

By Caleb Bedillion and Taylor Vance |Daily Journal| March 3, 2021 TUPELO • Legislation that would automatically purge Mississippi voter rolls based on certain criteria died in the state House of Representatives on Tuesday.

WJTV| February 10, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – On Wednesday, the Mississippi Senate passed Senate Bill 2588 (SB 2588). The bill would allow for quicker purging of names from voter rolls.

It’s clear that if Mississippi lawmakers want to ensure accurate voter rolls, they should avoid adopting the same mess of a purging process that Ohio implemented in 2016.

By Angela Williams  |WAPT 16| February 5, 2021 Jackson, Miss. - President Joe Biden’s executive order designed to allow equal transgender participation in school sports.

By Angela Williams |WAPT 16| February 4, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. — Officials with the ACLU of Mississippi said they are troubled by the slaying of a Black transgender woman in Jackson.

This legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers are considering whether or not to adopt HB 586: a bill that is said to protect the vote by comparing a state registry against other identification databases across the country, purging those deemed non-citizens from the electoral roll.