Mississippi

Ayana Byrd Mar 22, 2019 2:45PM EDT

Mississippi Passes Restrictive 'Heartbeat Ban' Abortion Law

The state already has just one clinic to perform the medical procedure.

Stage with brown wood laminate podium, red, white and blue sign on it reads "Cindy Hyde-Smith for United States Senate." Three American flags on poles behind it.

Kenrya Rankin Nov 28, 2018 1:46PM EST

Mississippi Sends Cindy Hyde-Smith Back to Senate

She did little to conceal her racism while running against her Black opponent, former Representative Mike Espy.

Anti-Abortion Activists March In Washington

Ayana Byrd Nov 21, 2018 11:49AM EST

Federal Judge Overturns Mississippi Law That Banned Abortion After 15 Weeks

In his decision, Judge Reeves said state lawmakers’ claims to be interested in women’s health was “pure gaslighting.”

Two protestors holding black signs with white font that say "i am the pro-life generation" attempt to block a blue sign with white font that says "keep abortion legal" at a rally outside the supreme court

catherine lizette gonzalez Mar 20, 2018 4:30PM EDT

Mississippi Governor Signs into Law the Country's Most Restrictive Abortion Ban

The Center for Reproductive Rights immediately filed a lawsuit challenging the 15-week abortion ban, calling it “unconstitutional.”

Miriam Zoila Pérez Feb 8, 2018 10:37AM EST

READ: Black Woman in Mississippi Charged With Second-Degree Murder After Stillbirth

Advocates fear this is the latest in a trend of women of color being criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes.

White papers with black and purple images and text on black sign in front of blue sky and brown dirt road and green grass

Sameer Rao Jun 27, 2017 12:22PM EDT

Students Honor Emmett Till by Posting Tributes on Vandalized Mississippi Sign

Students with the St. Louis-based Cultural Leadership organization offered their own fix for the vandalized sign.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the storm at 12:48 p.m. Central Time (17:48 Universal Time) on June 20, 2017. (Caption by Adam Voiland)

Yessenia Funes Jun 22, 2017 12:49PM EDT

What the Numbers Tell Us About Tropical Storm Cindy

It’s hitting an area with a high concentration of Black people.

Black man in navy suit with black-and-white-checkered shirt and black tie in front of glass window and green sign with pink letters

Sameer Rao Jun 7, 2017 3:06PM EDT

Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson Mayoral Race with 93 Percent of Votes

The son of late mayor Chokwe Lumumba ran on a progressive platform that demanded law enforcement and education reform.

Black man in grey shirt seated in front of yellow wall with black, red and yellow banner

Sameer Rao May 3, 2017 5:45PM EDT

Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson's Democratic Mayoral Primary

If the activist and lawyer wins the general election in November, he will follow the footsteps of his father, who died less than eight months into his term as mayor of the Mississippi city.

Boy in navy blue shirt sits in front of a computer monitor.

Sameer Rao May 27, 2016 11:36AM EDT

WATCH: Rural Mississippians Fight the Digital Divide in New Episode of 'The Movement'

Host Darnell L. Moore traverses Mississippi to investigate how digital culture’s advances leave many impoverished rural residents behind.

Kenrya Rankin Apr 8, 2016 10:39AM EDT

WATCH: Jessica Williams Tackles Trans Panic in This Epic Video

“The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” correspondent sat down with trans activists and a transphobic Colorado lawmaker to examine the rationale behind anti-trans laws.

Kenrya Rankin Nov 4, 2015 2:27PM EST

White Man Protests Walmart's Confederate Flag Ban With a Bomb, is Peacefully Arrested

Tupelo Police Chief Bart Aguirre: “He’s a strong supporter of keeping that flag flying. … This is his way of bringing attention to that.”

Sameer Rao Sep 15, 2015 1:01PM EDT

‘Breaking’ Presents: Tongo Eisen-Martin, a Poet With Movement-Building In His Bones

This Bay Area-bred poet’s experimental form and progressive ideology harkens back to the golden age of spoken-word and experimental works, but with renewed relevance.