Mississippi Republicans Want to Take Over a Majority Black City to ‘Save' It
Last week, the Mississippi Senate majority—a solidly white bloc of Republicans—voted to move forward with legislation that bears an unmistakable li...
Last week, the Mississippi Senate majority—a solidly white bloc of Republicans—voted to move forward with legislation that bears an unmistakable likeness to laws from the state's notorious Jim Crow era. The legislation first garnered national attention as it moved through the House, because it sought to create a new and distinct criminal justice district containing all of the whitest neighborhoods within the capital city of Jackson—America's second blackest city—which would be overseen by an unelected and unaccountable white power base.