As President Joe Biden took the oath of office today, most members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation attended President Joe Biden’s inauguration—including three Republican members who voted on Jan. 6 against certifying the new president’s victory in two swing states as part of former President Donald Trump’s last ditch attempt to hold onto power.
Black farmers in unincorporated communities in Mississippi continue to be disenfranchised by Big Agriculture and Wall Street. Our lawmakers have turned a blind eye to this corruption. Farmers actually owned very few farms themselves.
Voters in two majority Black Mississippi counties have cast almost four times as many absentee ballots as they did four years ago, new data from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office show.
Mississippi expatriate Kenny Wayne Mason, a popular long-time maître d’ at the Waverly Inn in New York City, moved home to his family in Greenville after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. On Oct. 21, Mason was found shot to death.
With five days to go until the Oct. 31 deadline, Mississippians in Washington, Hinds, Harrison and Sunflower counties have already returned twice as many absentee ballots for this year’s general election compared to 2016. Washington, Hinds and Sunflower each have non-white populations of at least 70%, and states nationwide have reported large jumps in African American early voting turnout. In Harrison County, which includes Biloxi and Gulfport, Black voters make up 26% of the population.
Roy Tamboli’s large-scale abstract paintings grab the eye and don’t let go, pulling it along on a buzzy trip of color, energy, whirls and swirls.
In January 2017, Ronnie Shorter called to check in on his mom before he went to bed. He heard a noise outside his house, so
“In the Dark” unveiled a new podcast series, “Coronavirus in the Delta,” which follows the myriad ways people living in the Delta are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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