Incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and challenger Sen. John Horhn made final campaign pushes — and shared closing messages with Jackson voters — ahead of Tuesday’s high-stakes Democratic ...

A day after his second-place finish in the Democratic primary, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was out on the intersection of Terry and McDowell roads, flagging down cars. Groups of Lumumba ...

The independence ceremony for The Congo, held on 30 June, 1960. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba delivers his independence speech. | Congo Press/Wikimedia Commons The Congo gained independence from ...

State Sen. John Horhn defeated incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff. "Jackson, it has been an honor. It has been the professional privilege of my life to serve," ...

The political and military crisis that erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July 1960, in the first month of its independence from former colonial power Belgium, had its origins in ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is gearing up for a comeback in the primary runoff election and vowed that he will be "calling in the reinforcements" after his main rival, Mississippi Sen.

Low turnout looms over Jackson mayoral runoff between Lumumba and Horhn Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel Here's the ...

Lumumba and Horhn get active on the campaign trail. It is getting down to the wire ahead of municipal primary runoff election day.In the race for Jackson mayor, both candidates in the Democratic ...

First, the coup against Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba was, in a very real sense, you know, the descendant of Nkrumahism, of the belief in pan-Africanism of Kwame Nkrumah, comes to power in the largest ...

Andrée Blouin was Patrice Lumumba’s speechwriter and a formidable political activist and organizer. Blouin’s story is worthy of its own documentary treatment, but she played a critical role ...

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (left) and Sen. John Hohrn The winner of the Democratic runoff will most likely become Jackson's next mayor as the city has not elected a Republican or Independent ...

I thought it was some good stuff. Today they unveiled our host city poster. What are we thinking, folks? Do we dig this? A cowboy bicycle-kicking a Reunion Tower soccer ball? I mean, I guess so.