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Cosmic Imagination

“Cloud Atlas” has oracular power on a cosmic scale.

Stinker Quote of the Week: "Retard"

Like her male counterpart, Rush Limbaugh, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter is no stranger to slinging childish slurs when she can't come up with anything actually useful or intelligent to say.

Not Done Yet

After more than 35 years and a dozen albums, Alejandro Escovedo is a musician’s musician and a critics’ darling.

Nobody as Good: 7evenThirty

“Y’all know me as Marques. We hang out; we’re friends. Y’all know me on a personal level. Now, it is happening more that people only know me as 7evenThirty. That …

First Person

My vote from here on out goes to those who promise they will do everything in their power to allow my daughter to live in a humane society.

Question o' the Week: What is the Single Most Important Issue at Stake in the November Election?

What is the single most important issue at stake in the November election?

You & JFP

Name: Bryan Doyle Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Age: 28 Occupation: Journalist, POLITICO

A Right to Choose at Nissan

A growing number of workers in recent months have called for an election to determine whether the United Auto Workers should represent them.

Down-home Delight

When I was working in the city of Mobile, Ala., back in the early ’90s, I found the most down-home restaurant ever.

Election Day Style

The country has debated, analyzed, parsed and picked at this election until we’re all way too blue (or red) in the face, but we’ve finally reached the end, and now …

Now It’s Serious

Things just got serious. We have less than a week until the election, and I hope everyone understands how close this race is.

Election Day: What Mississippi Voters Need to Know

Election Day is Nov. 6, and many may not know where to go or what to do. Don't worry we got it covered.

Energy And LGBT Illustrated

November the 6th is around the corner, so it's time to re-evaluate the facts and vote.

Obamacare vs. Romneycare

“States could avoid some of the enrollment cuts generated by the block grant by increasing spending from their own resources, but completely avoiding enrollment cuts would require very large increases …

On Values and Votes

Though we shared our precious faith, we did not altogether share the same politics.

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On the Ballot - The Candidates

Confused on who's running or not? Here is a list of candidates that are running for public office to help your decision.

The Candidates’ Plans: How Will They Affect Mississippi?

With less than a week before the presidential election, polls show the two frontrunners neck-and-neck in a campaign focused largely on health care and economic issues.

Factcheck: Morris, Nunnelee Debate in Oxford

On Oct. 25, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (1st District) met Democratic challenger Brad Morris, an Oxford attorney, at the University of Mississippi for a half-hour face-off.

Health-Care Industry Needs Healthy Workers

It's no secret that when it comes to the health of Mississippians, we rank at or near the bottom of nearly every well-being marker, from obesity to infant mortality.

Frank Figgers

At Tougaloo College, Frank Figgers worked part-time for the Jackson Human Rights Project. One of the projects "arms" was the Georgetown Liberation School, which later changed its name to the …