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Last month, the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees shocked faculty across Mississippi when it voted, without discussion, to modify criteria in some of its tenure.

From Thames Tower to Oxford Road, pictures show some of the biggest changes in Reading town centre.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 INTRODUCTION On 24 December 2020, Michael Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator said, “The clock is no longer ticking”. Four and a half years after the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom and the European Union had finally concluded a free trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) that provisionally 1 became applicable on 1 January 2021. From that date, UK asset managers and other financial services firms lost their passporting rights. These right...

Introduction On 24 December 2020, Michael Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator said, “The clock is no longer ticking”. Four and a half years after the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom and the European Union had finally concluded a free trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) that provisionally 1 became applicable on 1 January 2021. From that date, UK asset managers and other financial services firms lost their passporting rights. These rights had broadly allowed UK-licensed f...

Opinions | The latest chapter in Mississippi’s long history of squelching anti-racist activism William Sturkey © iStock/iStock The Lyceum Building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. (iStock) On Dec. 10, Garrett Felber, an assistant professor of history at the University of Mississippi (“Ole Miss”), received an email notifying him without warning that his position would be terminated at the end of 2021. Felber is an award-winning scholar and an internationally...

Freedom of speech on campuses is key to addressing racial inequality William Sturkey, The Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail On Dec. 10, Garrett Felber, an assistant professor of history at the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), received an email notifying him without warning that his position would be terminated at the end of 2021. Felber is an award-winning scholar and an internationally recognized leader in the study of mass incarceration - one of the pressing questions...

William Winter, Reform-Minded Mississippi Governor, Dies at 97 In his single term, he fought to improve his state’s education system. He later threw himself into civil rights work. William F. Winter in 2008. After serving as governor of Mississippi, he spent nearly three decades campaigning for racial reconciliation.Credit...Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press Dec. 22, 2020 William F. Winter, a Mississippi politician who stood athwart the racism of many of his fellow white Democrats during the ...