In Mississippi, Obama Needs to Win Big
Mississippi offers Barack Obama a chance to reinforce what his dominating victory in Wyoming over the weekend suggested: That Hillary
View ArticleIn Mississippi, the Obama Coalition Holds
Let’s go ahead and pencil in Hillary Clinton as the winner of next month’s Pennsylvania primary. The state is a
View ArticleRick Santorum Wins Alabama Primary
Rick Santorum won the Alabama primary tonight. NBC News declared Mr. Santorum the winner a little less than one hour
View ArticleRick Santorum Wins Mississippi Primary
Rick Santorum continued to poke holes in Mitt Romney’s aura of inevitability by following up his victory in the Alabama
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Thinks Mississippi’s ‘Anti-Bloomberg Bill’ Is ‘Just Farce’
Earlier this week, lawmakers in Mississippi overwhelmingly passed an “anti-Bloomberg bill” to stop local communities from copying two of Mayor Michael
View ArticleBloomberg Slams ‘Anti-Bloomberg’ Mississippi’s Obesity Rate
Earlier this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg dismissed Mississippi–the state that recently passed an “anti-Bloomberg bill” to ban localities from requiring
View ArticleCharles Barron Making Mayoral Endorsements Far From Home
Outspoken Councilman Charles Barron is backing John Liu in the New York City mayoral election this year and he’s also
View ArticleA New Equation on Race: White Driver + Black Cop = Christian Love
In exclusive interviews, Mike Powers and Jason Ales discuss the encounter that's breaking the internet with good vibrations
View ArticleRediscovered: A 70-Year-Old Artist’s Second Act
A Chicago-based, post-minimalist painter is finally getting his due
View ArticleHillary Clinton Routs Bernie Sanders In Mississippi
"Thank you, Mississippi," Ms. Clinton tweeted moments after the polls closed.
View ArticleDonald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Mississippi
Donald Trump dispatched Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich in the Magnolia State.
View ArticleUnderestimating Donald Trump—Again
To answer that question, let’s first review the Eight Fatal Miscalculations of the Trump Deniers in the Primary Election.
View ArticleMississippi Burning Case Still Smolders in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Falcon...
This June the Justice Department and the Attorney General of Mississippi publicly announced that they were closing their investigations into a civil rights murder case that 52 years ago shocked the...
View ArticleDee Rees Displays a Firm Hand and Clear Vision in Southern Saga ‘Mudbound’
Dee Rees makes you feel the dirt and toil of postwar Mississippi keenly in her Southern saga 'Mudbound.'
View ArticleMississippi Museum of Art Explores a Racially Fraught History for State...
Mississippi Confronts a Complicated National Past through Art Spanning 200 Years
View ArticleSequel to the Civil War, With Resonance Today
O.K., here’s a quick Choose Your Own Adventure to test your political savvy. You’re the President of the United States, it’s September, and over in Iraq, various gangs of thugs are driving around...
View ArticleIn My PowerPoint War Zone, It’s Hurry Up and Kuwait
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words. It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I...
View ArticleIn My PowerPoint War Zone, It’s Hurry Up and Kuwait
I was in Sacramento, looking at microfilm. Since Thucydides, most of the great war stories have started with these very words. It was early May 2005. The stuff on the microfilm was really good, and I...
View ArticleThe Year of Magical Theater? Didion, Darwinism And a Ditz
Philip Seymour Hoffman, everybody’s favorite Very Serious Actor, will star in his own theater company’s production of Jack Goes Boating. Written by actor turned playwright Bob Glaudini (The Princess...
View ArticleMississippi’s New State Flag Was Inspired by the Designer’s Childhood Memories
Mississippi may have come late to the party, but at least it got there in the end. The state just became the last in the country to retire a flag bearing racist imagery, in this case, the confederate...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....