Massive settlement reached in BP spill

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Toxic oil spills impact human health

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Mississippi Lawmaker Makes Racist Comments, Then Claims He's Not Racist

Federal judge hands major victory for big oil

Hate crime law aids justice for racist murder

Governor hurts state to sabotage Obamacare, blames Obama

Racist tactic emerges in GOP primary fight

Contentious GOP primary consistently weird

US civil rights legacy tested 50 years after ‘Freedom Summer’

The craziest race in America just got crazier

Gross scandal moves closer to tea party candidate

Abortion restrictions in Mississippi and beyond

Wrong side of civil rights history also worth remembering

Mississippi Tea Partiers Seek To Nullify Any Federal Laws They Don’t Like

Mississippi Tea Partiers Seek To Nullify Any Federal Laws They Don’t Like: Responding to President Obama’s plan to issue 23 executive orders on gun violence prevention, radical lawmakers in a number of states have re-upped their efforts to exempt their state from federal gun laws through the insidious and unconstitutional practice of nullification. Now, Tea Partiers in Mississippi want to institutionalize the nullification process, with a proposal [...]/p

Report: Mississippi Children Handcuffed In School For Not Wearing A Belt

Report: Mississippi Children Handcuffed In School For Not Wearing A Belt: A recent Department of Justice lawsuit that called the criminalization of school disciplinary offenses as minor as dress code violations so arbitrary and severe as to “shock the conscience” publicized some of the most egregious punishment at Meridian, Mississippi’s schools. But perpetuation of what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline is not limited to that one [...]/p

Mississippi Latest In Mysterious Threats

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How the Mighty (Mississippi) Has Fallen: Historic Drought Plagues US | Common Dreams

How the Mighty (Mississippi) Has Fallen: Historic Drought Plagues US | Common Dreams
"As the worst drought in decades continues to plague the US, the Mississippi River is withering towards historic lows with widespread impacts for commerce."

Mississippi Tea Party Chairman Calls For Open Rebellion Against Federal Government After Obamacare Ruling

Mississippi Tea Party Chairman Calls For Open Rebellion Against Federal Government After Obamacare Ruling: Of all the right-wing meltdowns following yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, this statement put out by the chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party may take the cake: When a gang of criminals subvert legitimate government offices and seize all power to themselves without the [...]/p