Slow Progress on Pre-K

Slow Progress On Pre-K
Early-childhood education in Mississippi is the big engine that couldn’t: Despite reams of documentation showing its economic and educational benefits, pre-kindergarten has not attracted the political support—and public funding—in Mississippi it has in many neighboring states.
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[Your Turn] Be Vigilant
Donna Ladd ’s “ My Kind of Tea Party ,” which appeared in your July 15-21, 2010, issue, brought back vivid memories of a few people who spoke out against unbridled racist propaganda and hate-inspired actions that have made Mississippi the poster state for pervasive racism.
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[Mott] ‘Bring On the Rest’
Driving away from Parchman Penitentiary on the night Mississippi executed Joseph Burns, I was having trouble putting my feelings into words. I had just watched a man die in front of my eyes and yet, I was oddly calm, as if I had just walked out of a movie theater.
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