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Most hangings are suicide
Tue,09/23/25-8:38PM , 815 Reads 32,306 Statewide
It almost never fails. When a Black person dies from hanging in Mississippi, there is an immediate rush to judgment by many that the person was murdered. This conclusion first is arrived at in the absence of evidence but then clung to even when the evidence says otherwise.
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Sports betting is a perilous game
Sat,09/20/25-10:50AM , 800 Reads 40,588 Statewide
The Mississippi Legislature is expected next session to again debate whether the state should go all in on sports gambling.
For the last three years, the House, with the encouragement of Speaker Jason White, has passed bills to fully legalize mobile sports betting, only to see the proposals die in the Senate.
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Opinion: Gunfire vs. respectful debate
Fri,09/19/25-1:38PM , 370 Reads 21,822 Statewide
After last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative podcaster who had built a large following among college students and other young people, it was not hard to find predictions that violence against politicians and prominent opinion makers would increase.
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Opinion: Senators erred by confirming Kennedy
Thu,09/11/25-6:00PM , 397 Reads 22,838 Statewide
Many Republican U.S. senators, when they voted several months ago to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, had to know they were letting politics overrule common sense.
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