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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 23, 2018

Mississippi makes history with the state’s first black Higher Education Commissioner

The first-ever African American has been named to oversee Mississippi’s eight public universities. According to the Associated Press, the state College Board announced Friday that Alfred Rankins Jr. will become higher education commissioner July 1 when Glenn Boyce retires. Rankins is the current president of Alcorn State University. “My experiences at Alcorn will inform my…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 21, 2018

Even GOP master strategist Karl Rove can’t predict clear or easy future of his party

By: Sid Salter During a quiet dinner here at a usually packed downtown restaurant rendered nearly vacant by spring break, I had an opportunity to break bread with one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in American politics in the last half-century – Karl Rove. Rove, 67, served as senior advisor to President George…