As advocates for our community, we sometimes become so focused on the fight against poverty that we don’t pause to build the bridges that will help folks actually improve their lives. Policymakers are worried about finding abundant, high quality jobs that are critical to healthy economic growth. Meanwhile, companies are scrambling to find qualified applicants […]
This is responding to Will Hall’s Oct. 16 column (“Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment”). I would first like to commend Hall for sharing his political views in such a public fashion. As a former DM opinion editor and writer, I know that opinion columns can be received in a hostile manner. I would now like to […]
This guest column is in response to Will Hall’s column “Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment” published Oct. 16. While the night of Nov. 8 was a great rejection of the American establishment and an acceptance of waves of populism, it was also a day that the people who should have been crying were rejoicing. President Trump […]
On Oct. 13, staff columnist Matthew Dean argued that we should remove emotion from the gun debate and keep the debate honest and logical. Setting aside from the fact that much of the pro-gun movement is based on emotion (i.e., “I need to defend myself from a dangerous world” or “I need to be able […]
In her recent column for The Daily Mississippian, Ms. Jaz Brisack panned Mississippi’s HB 1523 as “a violation of human rights and dignity” that will expose to discrimination “anyone who does not adhere to a heteronormative and evangelical Christian lifestyle” (although the bill explicitly applies to other religions, as well, such as Islam or Judaism). Several marginalized […]
I am a native of Puerto Rico, an Ole Miss grad, a former AROTC cadet regimental commander and a former U.S. Army officer. I am submitting this response to Mr. Dean’s opinion published in The Daily Mississippian on Oct. 4, 2017. It pains me to see misinformation and vitriol published for the purpose of politics […]
As college professors, we have watched events of the past few days in Charlottesville and around the country while preparing for a new semester. We know that students in our classes will bring many questions and perspectives about this moment in history. They will look for us to comment on a response by the President […]
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