Tag Archives: Mississippi

Weekly Playlist: Mississippi II

Graphic by Alice McKelvey   Welcome back, it’s time for another weekly Wednesday playlist, and this time we’re bringing back our Mississippi hits...

Mississippi Dems seek to undo LGBT law

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling for repeal of an incoming Mississippi...

Writers vs. Mississippi’s religious freedom bill

More than 90 writers have publicly stated opposition to the recently-signed religious freedom bill, including Sherman Alexie, this year’s Common Reading...

This time, America might secede from Mississippi

Toon: Cara Keyser ...

Press conference on religious freedom bill to be held tomorrow

  Mississippi Rep. Jay Hughes released the following statement Monday, April 11:   Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives will...

Mississippi lawmakers are asking the wrong questions about the death penalty

On Good Friday, Christians recognize the execution and death of their savior. This Good Friday, Mississippi lawmakers voted to bring back execution by...

Ban on adoption for same-sex couples lifted in Mississippi

The United States District Court officially struck down the state of Mississippi’s ban on adoption by same-sex couples on Thursday, March 31. This ruling...

I’m Christian, but I don’t know if this bill is

“You can be a Christian and have fellowship with people that you would not marry and that God does not want you to marry and that if you should marry you would be marrying outside of the will of God. Why can’t you see that? Why can’t good, solid, substantial people who do not have any prejudices and do not have any hatred and do not have any bitterness see...

HB 1523: Religious freedom legislation leaves future uncertain

JACKSON – Protests quieted after the signing of House Bill 1523 Tuesday, but the conversation is far from over. House Bill 1523, named Protecting Freedom...

“Mississippi”: combining poems and photos to represent a complex social landscape

Mississippi is a beautiful state, blessed with dense forests and winding rivers. But Mississippi is also a state with a history of poverty, racial injustice...

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