This past spring, while COVID-19 ripped through mostly Democratic states like New York, Washington, and New Jersey, the American South had yet to feel its full brunt.
Later that season, though, into the summer, everything began...
A federal judge in Mississippi has ruled that their license clerks can't use their religious beliefs to deny a same-sex couple a marriage license.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves' ruling will keep the state from being able...
Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Marcus D. Gordon recently sat down with Fault Lines correspondent Anjali Kamat with the Aljazeera America network. Judge Gordon preceded to explain how the criminal justice system worked in Mississippi. His...
As you've probably seen, we at Liberal America have called out police officers who abuse their badges on numerous occasions. But a city councilman in Jackson, Mississippi has gone too far. He has actually called...
Since the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) demonstrated its monarchical authority over democracy again in December by failing to defend the landmark 1973 Roe versus Wade case that legalized abortion, right-wing states are racing against each...
Over the weekend, the landlord of an RV park in Tupelo, Mississippi evicted a married couple because they're in an interracial marriage.
WTF?! Did we just enter a time warp and plummet back to 1961 Mississippi?
The...
On Tuesday, I told you about AvaLynn Harris, a five-year-old girl from Pascagoula, Mississippi who suffered grisly facial injuries on August 22 while on the playground with her kindergarten classmates--specifically, two black eyes and a...
I have always loved Ellen DeGeneres. She’s real, funny and always making her audiences laugh. That’s why it was no surprise to see her response to Mississippi’s new ant-LGBT law. After all, the beloved actress came...
By now it seems like everyone has made a video to Pharell's "Happy". It's one of those viral phenomenon that has swept the world. Yes, now my home state of Mississippi has a "Happy" video...
Mississippi has joined North Carolina in policing where people pee. Comedian Tracy Morgan has joined the celebrities boycotting states with these "bathroom laws." The law signed Tuesday also takes away other discrimination protections from people...
There's a reason many African-Americans of a certain age cringed at Donald Trump's blatantly racist dog whistles during the campaign. It brought back memories of the brutal murder of Emmett Till. In 1955, Till was...
The judge who stopped Mississippi's homophobic and transphobic religious exemption from going into effect also refused to allow the state to enforce it while they appeal to higher courts.
HB 1523, signed by Republican Governor Phil...
A Navy seaman in training in Pascagoula, Mississippi is appearing before a judge for his preliminary hearing. He allegedly stabbed a 25-year-old transgender woman named Dee Whigham to death. She had been stabbed 119 times.
The Sheriff’s...
If you thought the malignant Trump spawn Donald Junior and Eric couldn't possibly be more disgusting and racist, their latest business venture proves that they've managed to find a new low, even for them.
According to...
More women die from childbirth than they do from having an abortion every single year. That’s a fact. Abortion is the single safest surgical procedure a woman can have. That is also a fact. Abortion...
John Kilpatrick, of John Kilpatrick Ministries, travels around the country to spread his message of God's love.
Oh wait, I'm sorry. Did I say God's love? I meant Hillary Clinton is a "jezebel." How silly of...
For more than half a century, Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" has been a staple of eighth and ninth-grade English classes around the country. It's also been a fixture on lists of banned and...
A journalist visited the great state of Mississippi to interview some folks. Bear in mind, Mississippi owns the honor of being the poorest state in the union and is winning the race to the bottom...
The poor state of Mississippi is in dire straights. There isn't enough money in state or local coffers to pay for even basic services.
Want to know why? Because the local jailers don't have enough prisoners anymore!...
Move over Pat McCrory, there's a new alpha douche-canoe in the old Confederacy and his laws are way worse than yours.
Mississippi's notorious H.B. 1523 -- the so-called Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act -- was...
