Opinion

Mississippi politicians have a long history with legal practice. Many elected officials and lobbyists have prior experience in the legal field; however, the “Legal Deserts Index” found that Mississippi currently ranks 44th in the nation in lawyers per 1,000 citizens....

EDITOR’S NOTE: Diary of a Black Girl is a monthly column focusing on the experiences of Black women at the University of Mississippi. In this installment, Opinion Editor Justice Rose interviews sophomore political science major Bre’Anna Coleman. Bre'Anna Coleman. Transitioning...

Since late July, Jackson has been under a boil water notice. On Aug. 29, Gov. Tate Reeves gravely announced that Jackson would be without clean, running water indefinitely. In the following days, President Joe Biden declared the water crisis a...

The Mississippi Temporary Assistance for Needy Families scandal further emphasizes our state’s desperate need for strong leaders. Three years ago, an investigation into former Gov. Phil Bryant’s administration into the misuse of $77 million in welfare funds began. It’s been...

Wingstop has quickly become one of my favorite spots to frequent, although there is nothing remarkable or outstanding about the franchise.  The service is more or less the same one would expect from a fast food joint. I’d say the...

Gov. Tate Reeves’ proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month made headlines last week, for good reason. Surprisingly, this has actually been a running tradition among governors for the past 30 years. For about 25 of those years, the practice flew under...

When I was a freshman here, I read Slade Rand and Taylor Vance’s farewell columns in The Daily Mississippian. Even though I had only started working for the DM that spring semester, I remember thinking to myself, “What would I...

If you have a car, then you most likely have been feeling some pain at the pump. At the time of writing, AAA says that a gallon of gasoline in Lafayette County costs $3.94, with the national average even higher...

As many Mississippians and Americans know, Gov. Tate Reeves signed “Critical Race Theory; prohibit” into law on March 14. While there are countless opinions to be had on this piece of legislation and its contents, some of which writers for...

The pandemic that hit us two years ago feels like an eon in the past. Humans are naturally adaptive creatures, and we have proved this by semi-enduring the pandemic thus far. People have found ways to prevent the spread of...