In case you missed it, Mississippi just passed one of the most--if not THE most--outrageously homophobic laws in the nation. It protects business owners' right to refuse to serve anyone if so doing would trample...
A neo-Confederate group in Mississippi is gathering signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment that would declare Christianity to be the official religion of the Magnolia State.
The Magnolia State Heritage Campaign wants to put "Initiative 46,"...
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...
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...
Most people have heard the phrase, "thank God for Mississippi," well today people can say it and actually mean it in a positive way. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves gave?same-sex couples a partial victory in...
As you sit here reading this, Hurricane Harvey is inundating Texas.
This is pretty ironic--and poignant--considering a new study published in Science magazine titled "Estimating Economic Damage from Climate Change in the United States" finds the Southeastern states, the ones...
A Mississippi man threw a bomb into his local Wal-Mart in protest of the removal of the Confederate flag from its shelves. Marshall Leonard, usually seen driving his rusted out car with the four-foot Confederate...
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...
When your public services are being woefully underfunded then it seems it would make sense to find some way to put money back into those services. After all, you want good schools to ensure that your...
In recent weeks, the City of New Orleans has been in the process of removing all monuments to those who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, including statutes of Confederate President Jefferson Davis...
Officials from storm-ravaged states across the South have been begging President Donald Trump to send federal assistance after storms and tornadoes killed at least 20 people in the past week.
Storms Leave A 'Warzone' Behind
Roughly 50 unconfirmed tornadoes...
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...
Earlier this week, Gene Alday, a Republican state representative in Mississippi, sparked a national firestorm when he said that all of the blacks in his hometown would sooner live off welfare than find a job....
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...
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...
As a former smoker, I can fully appreciate that there are times when you really need a cigarette, but I was never so desperate to smoke that I felt a need to kill another person.
But...
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...
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...
It’s always gratifying when you get to see people fight back against injustice first-hand. In this day and age, people have no choice but to be open-minded, but sadly, there are still people out there who...
Public Policy Polling has finished their latest Mississippi Senate race poll, and it was released Nov 19. The poll queried 502 Mississippi voters and an oversample of 422 Republican primary voters, and examines both overall...
