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Jackson added to March 28 No Kings protest sites
Mississippi’s capital city has been added to the list of thousands of planned peaceful protests across the United States focused on the Trump…
Mar 27
As Trump supports pesticide makers, new studies highlight Mississippi Delta cancer concerns
A majority of Mississippi Delta counties contain cancer clusters linked to the high use of controversial herbicides, according to two recently published…
Mar 27 • Christopher Harress
Jackson airport, Mississippi’s busiest, faces possible shutdown amid DHS funding standoff
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport could face closure as a prolonged DHS funding impasse strains TSA staffing
Mar 25 • Christopher Harress
Legislature passes law making it harder to vote
Progressive nonprofits object; one also files suit over inmate death records
Mar 24
Video: What dismantling of Voting Rights Act could mean for you
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Mar 24
Mississippi cities to protest against Trump administration's authoritarian policies
A planned peaceful protest in Hattiesburg will be among the demonstrations across the United States focused on the Trump administration’s…
Mar 21
Mississippi's child care crisis, explained
Deadline today for addressing it in the legislature
Mar 20 • Derrion Arrington
Former parole board member sent back to jail for violating house arrest: Simple irony, or evidence of flawed process?
Governor offers no response to questions about Philip Moran’s appointment
Mar 19 • Derrion Arrington
Opinion: If you want change, show up
by Margaret McMullan
Mar 18
Prison deaths: Legislature can’t agree on how — or even whether—to address them
In the first week of March 2026, as the Mississippi Legislature approached one of its final procedural deadlines, Rep.
Mar 17 • Derrion Arrington
‘Please, Judge, Help Me’: A letter from jail, then an unexplained death
Monquel Nason begged for dialysis and medical care before becoming one of a growing number of Mississippi prison death cases in which families have been…
Mar 16 • Christopher Harress
Voting rights groups prepare for pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Louisiana lawsuit could seal the deal in rolling back Voting Rights Act protections
Mar 12 • Nic Hayes
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