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18th-Century Quakers Led Sugar Boycott To Protest Against Slavery

In the 1780s, British and American Quakers launched an extensive and unprecedented propaganda campaign against slavery and slave-labor products. Their goal of creating a broad nondenominational antislavery movement culminated in a boycott of slave-grown sugar in 1791 supported by nearly a half-million Britons.

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Surplus Should Fund Mississippi’s Future, Not Fund Tax Cuts for Wealthy

Kyra Roby, a policy analyst at One Voice Mississippi, believes state lawmakers should properly use the extra funds from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act to foster a better future for all Mississippians by fully funding public education, creating affordable health care, and providing affordable housing and solid infrastructure.

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Named for RuPaul, Ru To The Rescue Saves Animals in Rural Tippah County 

In Tippah County, Miss., Meagan Cunningham spends her time, treasure and passion saving as many lives as she can—the four-legged kind. With the support of a tiny band of local animal lovers who help as they are able with things like transportation and food, and a few homes that regularly foster the more vulnerable animals, Cunningham is devoted to making a difference for as many dogs and cats (and occasionally pigs, rabbits, and other assorted strays) as she can. But it’s disheartening knowing they can’t save every animal in need. 

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members of the Colombian rebel group National Liberation Army, or ELN, escort women who were kidnapped through the jungle
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Cocaine Legalization is the Least Worst Option for my Native Colombia

Thirty years ago, I began to consider that the legalization of the cocaine business would be the best strategy to reduce bloodshed in my country. I have not changed my mind, but I think people should learn to distinguish between a war on drugs and a war on the mafia because the latter does not end with legalization alone. 

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Truth-tellers, Pick Up Your Pen: Do It For Art, For Truth, For The People

If you’re already an MFP VIP Club member, you’ll know that our founding editor Donna Ladd launches a series of writing talks on Tuesday, Jan. 25. This talk series is an excellent opportunity to hear words of wisdom and inspiration from one of the best in the country. She won’t be reading or editing any of your work, but her talks about her own writing journey and what she’s learned along the way are always inspiring. 

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Seditious Conspiracy Charge Against Jan. 6 Rioters Face First Amendment Hurdle

The seditious-conspiracy charges filed against Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers militia, along with 10 other defendants, opens a new and significant chapter in the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Can the U.S. Department of Justice clear the First Amendment hurdle. If any case fits the seditious-conspiracy crime, perhaps this is it, law professor Timothy Wicks writes.

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