Mississippi

Brokaw: Alabama slam just a ‘joke’

Brokaw: Alabama slam just a ‘joke’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 17, 2016 1:49 pm

The judge stated the town's decision to send African-American and Caucasian students to separate schools has "deprived generations of students of the constitutionally guaranteed right of an integrated education." (AP Photo/The Kalamazoo Gazette, Mark Bugnaski, File)

Mississippi town’s schools desegregated 62 years after Brown v Board of Ed.

Anna Giaritelli · May 16, 2016 9:46 pm

The ACLU argues the Mississippi law, HB 1523, violates the 14th Amendment by "creating a separate and unequal set of laws applying only to the marriages of same-sex couples." (AP Photo)

ACLU files lawsuit against Mississippi religious freedom law

Kelly Cohen · May 9, 2016 5:53 pm

Caitlyn Jenner uses women’s bathroom at Trump Hotel

Caitlyn Jenner uses women’s bathroom at Trump Hotel

Kelly Cohen · April 28, 2016 12:44 pm

According to the Charlotte Observer, North Carolina added $220 million to its economy in 2011 off projects filming within its borders. Even if that number has doubled, maybe tripled in recent years, that would be a drop in compared to North Carolina's GDP in 2014 was $481.9 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (AP Photo/Jerry Wolford, News & Record)

Hollywood can’t pressure states into repealing controversial laws

Joshua Axelrod · April 19, 2016 4:01 am

Neither the North Carolina law nor the Mississippi law places new burdens on anyone or deprives them of rights they enjoyed hitherto. Rather, each merely preserves a status quo to which opponents have principled objections. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Freedom for me but not for thee

Washington Examiner · April 18, 2016 4:02 am

The Church Protection Act allows some members to undergo firearms training so they can carry guns into church buildings to provide armed security. (AP Photo)

Mississippi governor signs bill allowing church members to carry guns

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2016 5:29 pm

A federal court heard arguments on Tuesday over a lawsuit that seeks to change the Mississippi state flag. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Federal judge thinks Mississippi flag ‘anti-American’

Anna Giaritelli · April 13, 2016 2:28 am

Singer Jimmy Buffet and novelist John Grisham showed their vitriol toward two states with laws in which they are in strong opposition. (AP Photos)

Jimmy Buffett, John Grisham condemn N.C., Mississippi laws

Joshua Axelrod · April 12, 2016 6:34 pm

Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi concert over religious liberty law

Joshua Axelrod · April 11, 2016 12:35 pm

The bill "merely reinforces the rights which currently exist to the exercise of religious freedom as stated" in the First Amendment, Phil Bryant said. (AP Photo)

Mississippi governor signs religious objections bill

Kelly Cohen · April 5, 2016 5:17 pm

A Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. She told the FBI that she was planning to leave with a "partner" for an Islamic State-controlled territory. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Mississippi woman, fiance plead guilty to supporting Islamic State

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2016 12:09 pm