Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.
Mississippi
Posted inCivil Rights in America
‘Mississippi Justice,’ American Shame
We still need federal intervention to drag some jurisdictions out of Jim Crow–era policing.
Posted inPolitics
Mississippi’s Direct-Democracy Con in Progress
The ballot measure process died three years ago, but some Republicans working on a new, more restrictive framework hope that voters won’t notice.
Posted inPolitics
The ‘Dobbs’ Strategy Heads South
Gubernatorial elections this fall in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana may clarify where Democrats can, and can’t, run on abortion.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Jackson Out of Sight as Mississippi Goes to the Polls
The state’s water crisis hasn’t fully abated, but nobody’s talking about it on the campaign trail.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Republican War on Families
The ‘Dobbs’ decision and conservative policies mean teenage rape victims are forced to give birth in dangerous, threadbare hospitals.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Republicans’ War on Their Own Public Health
Tens of thousands of conservatives died because they believed anti-vaccine lies. Now the GOP is bringing back measles and polio.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Year of the Tax Cut
State lawmakers are using temporary budget surpluses to pass permanent tax cuts that will force cutbacks in public services and widen inequality.
Posted inLaw and Justice
God Save the United States and This Honorable Court
The Supreme Court is poised to act on radical arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Abortion and the Beginning of the End of the Right to Privacy
A Q&A with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sets the stage for more restrictive policies.