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Jackson, Mississippi rising

June 10, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, Employment, Good government, Infrastructure One comment

Six years after the 2008 economic meltdown, the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. and the E.U are still struggling. Most people know

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This is what happens when the Supreme Court loses sight of common sense

June 26, 2013 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Courts, Ethics, Federalism, Obama, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Perhaps if it hadn’t been for the Bush v Gore Supreme Court case, we would give the Supremes the benefit of the doubt when

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Mississippi’s last abortion clinic is pink and proud

February 5, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Courts, Health care, Reproductive rights, States One comment

Over the last weekend in January 2013, Jackson Women’s Health Services applied a coat of bright-pink paint to its building at the corner of 

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Mississippi jails school kids for…what?

August 19, 2012 Mike Davis Civil Rights, Courts, Education, Police, States Leave a comment

According to Addicting Info, a Mississippi school has arranged for suspensions to be served in prison–a  real prison, where children serve  alongside hardened criminals

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