http://dir.salon.com/topics/mississippi/?source=rss&aim=mississippi en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST By Mike Madden Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/23/governors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/23/governors/index.html?source=rss The White House throws a dinner for governors -- even the Republicans who still say they don't want Obama's stimulus money. By Mike Madden and Gabriel Winant Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/20/gop_governors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/20/gop_governors/index.html?source=rss For higher office, and away from their earlier statements about how much they hate the whole idea of the stimulus. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/04/wicker_musgrove/index.html?source=rss The incumbent Republican holds on to his Senate seat, easily fending off his Democratic challenger. By Mark Schone Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/03/roundtable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/03/roundtable/index.html?source=rss As the primaries end, a round table of experts -- Tom Schaller, Ruy Teixeira and Sean Wilentz -- weighs the influence of white racism on the Clinton vs. Obama contest. By Lynn Harris Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/02/okla_miss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/02/okla_miss/index.html?source=rss Mississippi in a "muddle," Oklahoma struck by twister of facts. By Tim Shorrock Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/29/gulf_coast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/29/gulf_coast/index.html?source=rss Many are still struggling on the Gulf Coast. But casino and real estate investors are living large -- thanks to Republican officials. By Sharon Lerner Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/07/02/mississippi_abortions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/07/02/mississippi_abortions/index.html?source=rss Mississippi law limits abortion to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. But for poor women short on time and money, that can be an impossible deadline. By Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/mississippi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/mississippi/index.html?source=rss Mississippi's GOP governor did a good job getting cash out of Republicans in Washington, but is he really doing a good job cleaning up after Katrina? By Debra J. Dickerson Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/05/kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/05/kids/index.html?source=rss A black mother's gift to her biracial children. By Thomas F. Schaller Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/louisiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/louisiana/index.html?source=rss While the rest of America gets more Democratic, Katrina -- and George W. Bush -- may have turned the state bright red. Can John Breaux save the Democrats? By Ed Kilgore Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/28/kilgore_south/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/28/kilgore_south/index.html?source=rss Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/08/31/katrina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/08/31/katrina/index.html?source=rss As he travels the nation to commemorate Katrina and 9/11, the president is only highlighting the tragedy of his own incompetence. By Michelle Goldberg Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/01/mississippi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/01/mississippi/index.html?source=rss Preaching that abortion is as evil as Islam, Nazism and homosexuality, dozens of activists have descended on Jackson, determined to shut down the state's last abortion clinic. By Page Rockwell Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/07/breastfeeding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/07/breastfeeding/index.html?source=rss The state passes a progressive law protecting nursing moms. By Sarah Goldstein Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/01/mi_ban/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/01/mi_ban/index.html?source=rss A committee in Mississippi's House passes a bill greatly restricting abortions. By Lynn Harris Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/28/mississippi_clinic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/28/mississippi_clinic/index.html?source=rss When it comes to abortion rights, activists see the state as the "canary dying in the mine." By David Weir Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/biloxi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/biloxi/index.html?source=rss Real hurricane relief for the poor is coming not from the government or big charities but the kindness of strangers. It was always thus in America. By Karen A. Lash Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/14/gulfport/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/14/gulfport/index.html?source=rss In Gulfport, Miss., 13 days after Katrina roared through, we couldn't find one resident who had ever seen a FEMA official. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/02/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/09/02/friday/index.html?source=rss Aaron Brooks and I were wrong: Hurricane Katrina is "a 9/11 deal." So why hasn't anyone suggested that sports take a break? By John McPhee Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/08/30/mcphee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/08/30/mcphee/index.html?source=rss Long before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was in a precarious state -- caught in an ongoing war with the mighty Mississippi River. By Jack Bass Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/24/southern_strategy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/24/southern_strategy/index.html?source=rss How President Bush sent a message with his court appointments. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2003/06/19/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2003/06/19/thursday/index.html?source=rss Me and Roger Clemens' mom. Plus: Michael Jordan's about to make a bad hire, and the Ole Miss mascot's date with ... Destiny? By Sean Wilentz Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/12/pickering/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/12/pickering/index.html?source=rss President Bush dumped Trent Lott because of his segregationist baggage. So why is he fighting relentlessly for a judge who has refused to come clean about his own bigoted past? Compiled by Salon staff Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/21/reacts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/21/reacts/index.html?source=rss Jill Nelson, Todd Gitlin and others react to the Senate majority leader's resignation and the apparent ascension of Sen. Bill Frist. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/apology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/14/apology/index.html?source=rss The Senate's top Republican tries again to persuade America that he's not a closet segregationist.