Russ Latino

2 weeks ago | magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino

The Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers released Tuesday show Mississippi with nearly 1.25 million workers. By itself, the figure may not mean much, but looking back, it demonstrates positive growth in a state that historically struggles to get people off the sidelines and into jobs. Since 2015, the state added 78,626 jobs. That’s 7% more Mississippians contributing to their families, their communities, and their state.

1 month ago | cdispatch.com | Russ Latino

At the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great decimated 250,000 Persians. A century later, Hannibal’s Carthaginians routed the Romans at Cannae. On Christmas Day 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware and sacked a Hessian encampment to turn the tide of the American Revolution. And on Tuesday night in Jackson, voters delivered State Senator John Horhn an equally lopsided victory over embattled Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.

1 month ago | magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino

State Senator John Horhn defeated incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba to win the Democratic Primary for Jackson Mayor. Horhn captured nearly 75 percent of the vote in a clear repudiation of Lumumba. At the Battle of Guagamela, Alexander the Great decimated 250,000 Persians. A century later, Hannibal’s Carthaginians routed the Romans at Cannae. On Christmas Day 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware and sacked a Hessian encampment to turn the tide of the American Revolution.

1 month ago | magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino

Standing in the Rose Garden last Wednesday, President Donald Trump held a poster purporting to show “tariffs charged to the U.S.A.” by country. But the exorbitant rates reflected on the chart aren’t actually the tariff rates charged by any country.

1 month ago | leader-call.com | Russ Latino

Last Wednesday, when President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs, he justified the action by saying America had been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered” by our trading partners for the last 50 years. The entire tariff regime that has roiled stock and bond markets — and has business leaders scrambling for new supply chains — is premised on the idea that we are being taken advantage of and losing. There are, undoubtedly, bad actors and unfair practices on the global stage.