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Yazoo City: A model for expanding educational opportunity
Students of all backgrounds have the aptitude and work ethic needed to excel if provided a quality education, write former Governor Barbour and former Congressman Espy. Our hometown of Yazoo City, Mississippi is a special place. Braids of streams weave through some of the world’s most fertile soil, converging into the Yazoo River and, ultimately, the Mississippi River and beyond. The verdant landscape offers dramatic views. Most of all, residents are warm and welcoming.
Food Weaponization Makes a Deadly Comeback
Food is a weapon of war. Like nuclear weapons, the weaponization of food can bring about mass civilian deaths and unthinkable horrors, provoking rightful moral outrage at the prospect of its use. But unlike nuclear weapons, food weaponization is routinely used in warfare. And in our globalized world, this tool has become more dangerous than ever. Conflict has long been a central driver of global hunger.
Food Weaponization Makes a Deadly Comeback
Food is a weapon of war. Like nuclear weapons, the weaponization of food can bring about mass civilian deaths and unthinkable horrors, provoking rightful moral outrage at the prospect of its use. But unlike nuclear weapons, food weaponization is routinely used in warfare. And in our globalized world, this tool has become more dangerous than ever. Conflict has long been a central driver of global hunger.
Opinion: Use farm bill to counter Chinese aggression
It is hard to think of someone who thought himself to be a more skilled player of geopolitical chess, than Russian President Vladimir Putin. But it’s time to acknowledge that’s untrue thanks to President Biden’s leadership in quickly building and leading a multilateral military and economic response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Although we, and our European allies, are locked in a bloody conflict with Russia, our most formidable adversary is China.
Opinion: Blaming big agriculture for our inflation woes won’t solve the problem
Home » Opinion: Blaming big agriculture for our inflation woes won’t solve the problem Over the last two years, Americans have grown more accustomed to bare shelves at grocery stores, higher prices at the pump, and delayed deliveries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its disruption of virtually every facet of American life. While a novel virus and repeated quarantine added roadblocks to securing the everyday necessities, these disruptions are now compounded by a new challenge: Inflation.
Opinion: Joe Biden-Xi Jinping virtual summit was important for Iowa
This week, President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at a virtual summit. They discussed working together to reduce trade tensions, and specifically to curtail Chinese government sponsorship of certain industries, which gives those businesses an unfair competitive advantage on global markets.
Just Harvest
When a class-action lawsuit against the US government results in a billion dollar settlement for the aggrieved parties, you’d expect the story to be headline news . . .to be posted on social media everywhere . . . to be adapted to film or even to a popular legal procedural series on TV . . . So why then have so many people never heard of Pigford vs. Glickman? Or the follow-up lawsuit, Pigford II? Or the Black Farmers Case, as the pair of these legal actions is often called?
Campaign Update: Get Out the Vote Weekend
By Mike Espy Over the last six days, we’ve travelled all across the state of Mississippi. As I have talked about this week with Mississippians of all races, all genders, and all political beliefs, there is MOMENTUM in Mississippi. Momentum for progress. Here’s a quick update on our weekend. On Saturday, we began in McComb where we had PERFECT weather to safely gather outside. We even did some dancing. I do have a little rhythm. When we pulled up to Hattiesburg, I could NOT believe my eyes.
Representation Matters: Black Senate Candidates Explain Why They Are Seizing The Moment
Published 48 minutes ago Written by Jaime Harrison, Mike Espy and Raphael Warnock Although much focus is on the two white men vying for the presidency, local elections in 2020 will make a huge difference in the lives of Americans and the current racial climate will need to be addressed by the next group of people who take office in Congress.
BET: Representation Matters: Black Senate Candidates Explain Why They Are Seizing The Moment
By Jaime Harrison, Mike Espy and Raphael Warnock The marches in recent weeks have extended far past the city limits of places like Charleston, Atlanta and Jackson. In the Deep South, the calls for equality and equity in the way law enforcement treats American citizens have ricocheted from state to state — from the quiet streets of rural towns like Loganville, Georgia and Petal, Mississippi, to the glittering metropolises that drive Southern economies.
Mike Espy: With the Confederate Emblem Gone, I Look Forward to Seeing a New Flag Fly Over Mississippi
A Mississippi state flag waves adjacent to a flag change supporter’s sign that welcomes the state to “the right side of history,” outside the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020.Photo: Rogelio V. Solis (AP) It’s taken a long time, but change is coming to Mississippi: Our state flag—with its archaic symbol of the confederacy—is finally coming down. Unlike the flags that commonly fly over other states, our flag was never intended to unite and uplift.
An Invitation to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
Photo Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today By Mike Espy On Monday, a group of peaceful protesters were gassed so the president could stage a photo op in front of the historic St. John’s Church — where every president, from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama, has worshipped. He didn’t pray. He didn’t read any scripture. But he struck a pose holding the Bible in the air — a pose that will live in political infamy.
Our Hurting Nation
By Mike Espy All across the country — from police chiefs, to faith leaders, to everyday citizens — Americans are condemning the officer who killed George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, as he lay on the ground restrained in handcuffs. Worse still is that other officers stood nearby and watched as Mr. Floyd begged for breath for eight long minutes before he died.
Opinion: A common sense approach to keeping our food workers safe
At first glance, the president’s executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to prevent the closure of meat and poultry processing plants appears to be a logical and straightforward means of averting widespread food shortages. In fact, the order seems to ignore one significant detail: The very reason plants have closed is that large numbers of their employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Coronavirus in Mississippi: We must address health care crisis in state
Mike Espy Published 3:00 a.m. CT April 20, 2020 Like many Mississippians, I am spending more time at home. I am prayerful for the recovery of the nearly 4,000 Mississippians who are battling the COVID-19 infection and mourn the loss of the more than 150 who have succumbed to the ravages of this contagion. We all remain thankful for the frontline heroes who have opened America’s eyes to what "essential” truly means.
Mississippi Senate Race: Where is the National Democratic Party?
One Senate election is still yet to come, but based on today’s airwaves, you wouldn’t know the Democratic Party had a stake in it. Democratic former Rep. Mike Espy faces incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in the final 2018 Senate contest, which will determine how much of a majority the GOP will have in the next session of Congress.
Twitter Rips Into Mississippi Senator For Saying She Would Sit Front Row At A ‘Public Hanging’
Folks on Twitter aren’t laughing at a sick, racist joke from Mississippi’s GOP U.S. Senator who’s in a runoff election against an African-American opponent. See Also: The Person Who Could Decide If Andrew Gillum Wins Is A Black Woman Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was caught on video saying, “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” Hyde-Smith made the remark at a Nov. 2 event in Tupelo, Mississippi with cattle rancher Colin Hutchinson, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
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