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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The mysterious death of a 54-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in the woods near where he lived in rural Mississippi is still under investigation, according to the FBI, which is...
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...
Nigel Farage, founder of the far-right United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP,) and chief engineer of Britain's recent exit from the European Union, delivered a triumphalist speech to a Donald Trump rally in Jackson, Mississippi last...
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...
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...
Many states have been passing bills dealing with public bathrooms. They seemed to be obsessed with people's genitals and where they go pee. They have barred transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender...
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 state representative in Mississippi is catching well-deserved heat after saying that the blacks in his hometown would rather spend "welfare crazy checks" than get a job.
Gene Alday represents the state's 25th house district, located...
