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As secession fever swept the Slave South, young white men joined state militias en masse. By May 1861, only four months after Mississippi leaders declared secession, almost every student enrolled at the University of Mississippi had enlisted with the Confederate Army. Fifty-five students joined the “University...

In one of the most powerful and telling images of the civil rights era, a white teenager angrily shouts at a black teenager clutching a textbook to her...

If you pay attention to unimportant news, then you are probably aware that President Trump is officially pulling us out of the United Nations Educational,...

This is responding to Will Hall’s Oct. 16 column (“Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment”). I would first like to commend Hall for sharing...

This guest column is in response to Will Hall’s column “Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment” published Oct. 16. While the night of Nov....

Internet freedom is the 21st century lifeline. It’s been a recent part of growth in small towns and to the whole world. But many don’t believe in...

It’s been a long day, and you come home to see your social media feed populated with articles about an orphanage that was bombed, a tweet storm from...

The night of Nov. 8, 2016, I was glued to my television, watching one of the greatest dramas of our lifetime come to its thrilling finale. As President-elect...

On Oct. 13, staff columnist Matthew Dean argued that we should remove emotion from the gun debate and keep the debate honest and logical. Setting aside...

I recently read an article in The DM in which the writer called for a boycott of CFA based on the fact that we do not serve all people regardless of race,...