Sean Starwars’ art exhibit, titled “American Dream / Mississippi Nightmare,” focuses on woodcutting, a craft that involves carving wood into patterns and subsequently applying ink to the carvings so that they can be used to press images onto paper and other products.
The USFDA has not approved Tianeptine for “any medical use” in the United States and, in fact, warns of “a potential for abuse.”
In addition to the Halloween-themed fundraisers and parties taking place this October, Mississippians can visit a number of haunted houses and similar attractions in cities like Gulfport, Raymond, Ellisville, Brandon, Meridian and others.
In 2021, Laurel Mercantile launched an event called “Mississippi Made” to both celebrate the restoration of downtown Laurel and promote local vendors who do not have storefronts of their own to display their creations.
Local Mississippi election officials have made 70 changes to voting precincts in dozens of counties since the 2020 election, a Mississippi Free Press examination has found.
Former Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering has abruptly resigned from his role as executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board, though neither he nor the agency have explained his departure.
Disability Rights Mississippi, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of those with disabilities throughout the state, has investigated complaints regarding the amount of time those on bond, like Brad Sellers, have waited for a forensic bed to open at Mississippi State Hospital.
Exactly 100 years to the day since Willie Baker’s lynching, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Law, making lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The House of Representatives passed it last month.
Karen Hinton, author of “Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power,” joins Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin as a guest on this week’s MFP Live, Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 6 p.m. Hinton learned first-hand how difficult the path to the top can be for a woman in a political culture traditionally dominated by men. More than once she saw her career derailed because of her refusal to stay silent about the bad behavior of powerful men.
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