Opinion

In the five months since #MeToo went viral, 94 million people have shared the hashtag, said the founder of the movement, Tarana Burke, Tuesday night in her keynote address. For context, in the entire year of 2015, one-third of that...

As rampant turnover at the White House continues, more controversy surrounds new Trump nominees. In this case, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo, is being nominated for secretary of state after Rex Tillerson’s firing over Twitter. Pompeo’s replacement...

On a national level, the American criminal justice system is full of uncertainty, although criminals are most often thrust into local correctional facilities and state prisons. This puts a burden on state and local governments to deal with some of...

This month, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves submitted a bill for the “BRIDGE” Act, or the “Building Roads, Improving Development, and Growing the Economy Act.” Primary funding for this legislation comes from the recently proposed issuance of new bonds to...

The news cycle is depressing. It has been for some time. Every story, hot take, Facebook rant or Tweet is a reaction, a reaction to a reaction or a reaction to a reaction to a reaction. It can become quite...

Since his election to the Mississippi state Senate in 2008, Chris McDaniel has proven himself as one of the nation’s most valiant defenders of constitutional liberties and God-given freedoms at the state level. As recipient of the American Conservative Union’s...

It was a typical sweltering Mississippi summer day when I first heard the junior U.S. senator from Mississippi, Roger Wicker, speak at the Neshoba County Fair. We are both from Pontotoc, but our paths had never crossed before then. It...

House Bill 1083 was overwhelmingly passed 80-29 by the Mississippi Legislature last month, which, if signed into law, would allow enhanced concealed carry permit holders to carry their guns on public property. In light of recent school shootings, the Mississippi...

The recent protests, marches and town halls over the mass shooting in Florida have stirred many students emotionally over the past weeks. The country watches as people not even 20 years old weep over their lost friends, publicly processing grief...

Recently, I attended the spring Honors Convocation, which centered around human trafficking advocacy. Honors College artist-in-residence Bruce Levingston moderated discussions with founder of the nonprofit “Freedom for All” Katie Ford and trafficking victim and activist Shandra Woworuntu. One of the...