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A deadly riot in a privately-run Mississippi detention center was sparked in protest of poor food and medical care, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit .

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The Masonic Lodge at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.

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A predominately white church in Mississippi barred an African American couple from marrying and threatened to vote out their pastor if he officiated the wedding on the premises. Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson had “booked the church and distributed invitations” for their July 21st wedding, only to discover that a small minority opposed their union at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs. “This had never been done before here, so it was setting a new precedent, and there are those who reacted to that because of that,” said Dr.

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A federal judge in Mississippi continued his July 1 order to temporarily block a state law that could force the state’s only abortion clinic to close. At today’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan, who was appointed by President George W.

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Mississippi’s voter identification law might prove literally impossible for some of its residents to adhere to. In the state, a measure written by State Senator Joey Fillingane (R) and approved by a ballot initiative requires voters to have photograph identification, which they can only obtain if they’ve got a birth certificate to present.

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From: Nation in the News Nation in the News Two weeks after Mississippi’s infamous  ”personhood” amendment was soundly defeated, anti-abortion activists have revived the legislation in Virginia and Colorado.

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From: Jamelle Bouie Jamelle Bouie A few thoughts on how younger people view racism these days. 

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From: Ben Adler Ben Adler Massachusetts had one of the worst rates of job creation under Mitt Romney. Here’s why. 

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