Opinion

In the heart of Oxford there stands a statue of a lone soldier who stares in perpetuity over the place which he once died for. For more than 100 years, the soldier has stood valiantly in memorial to all those who...

Driving is a privilege, but within our country, it has been consistently portrayed as more of a right. Everywhere you drive all over the state and in many other places, you see little if any sidewalk at all. The pedestrian,...

This guest column is in response to Will Hall's column "Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment" published Oct. 16. As our country’s two major parties begin preparations for the 2018 midterm elections, Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race has already received attention on the...

Yesterday was Halloween, which meant parties, dressing up and some scares. It was a big deal for most of us in the United States. It was also Reformation Day — more specifically, the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's start of...

Essentially, contextualization doesn’t work with Confederate statues in public spaces because it’s a policy based exclusively on the white experience. It pleases nostalgic fans of cherry-picked, sanitized history and guilty white “liberals” alike. The former remain satisfied with their symbols...

Social media: It’s a part of our lives, especially as young people. I’m suspicious of baby boomers telling this generation that it’s lazy or useless because of social media, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned about the enormous...

Have you ever been so hungry you would be willing to eat nearly anything? Thankfully, I’ve never had the opportunity to become that empty. However, some United States citizens endure the hardships of food scarcity and somehow manage to live...

Stress is something all people deal with throughout their lives. However, as university students, we go through a unique kind of stress. Our entire lives are set out before us, and most of the time, the choices we make here...

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...

I can’t think of a better way to salvage the presidency of Donald Trump than with a federal investment plan for the most impoverished regions of the country, starting with the state of Mississippi. The poorest state is also home...