Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, are the latest shock to the state's capital city.

Lumumba's mayoral stint followed his father's, Chokwe Lumumba, who was elected as Ward 2's councilman in 2009, then as ...

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi; Flint ... and the state will stop handing out free bottled water on Saturday. But the crisis isn't over. Many blame systemic racism as the root cause.

Lumumba, 41, has served as mayor during multiple crises in the struggling city, including the potential state takeover of the Jackson Public School District in 2017, the 2020 flooding of the Pearl ...