Nearly 40% of Mississippians are Black.
NEW: U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson's "reign of terror" in Mississippi "is over," Gov. Tate Reeves says, urging the ousting of the state's only Black member of Congress through redistricting before the end of 2027.
He made that pronouncement even as he canceled a special session on redistricting.
He made that pronouncement even as he canceled a special session on redistricting.
Mississippi Governor Vows Thompson’s ‘Reign of Terror Is Over,’ But Cancels Redistricting Plans
Mississippi won’t redraw any of its districts this month. The governor canceled the special legislative session to redistrict the state Supreme Court.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Nearly 40% of Mississippians are Black.
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
Rare Portraits of Enslaved Mississippians Displayed at Art Museum
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
use VPNs if you have em, Mississippians.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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“Black Mississippians are nearly 40% of this state, and yet only one congressional district represents them,” Noelle Nolan-Ryder said at the Sept. 22 redistricting hearing in Gulfport. “So I object to mid-decade redistricting as a Mississippian.”
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Mississippians Condemn Redistricting Efforts During Gulfport Hearing
Mississippians on the Gulf Coast were mostly negative on any redistricting proposals that may come from the Mississippi Legislature.
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October 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Black Mississippians are nearly 40% of this state, and yet only one congressional district represents them,” Noelle Nolan-Ryder said at the Sept. 22 redistricting hearing in Gulfport. “So I object to mid-decade redistricting as a Mississippian.”
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A group of Mississippians are asking SCOTUS to determine if the state's felony disenfranchisement law violates the 8th Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment."
Mississippians Ask SCOTUS To Hear Felony Voter Disenfranchisement Case
A group of Mississippians are asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether the state’s lifetime voting ban violates the U.S. Constitution.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:00 PM
A group of Mississippians are asking SCOTUS to determine if the state's felony disenfranchisement law violates the 8th Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment."
A group of disenfranchised Mississippians asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the state’s lifetime ban on voting for individuals with certain felony convictions violates the U.S. Constitution.
Mississippians Ask SCOTUS To Hear Felony Voter Disenfranchisement Case
A group of Mississippians are asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether the state’s lifetime voting ban violates the U.S. Constitution.
www.democracydocket.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
A group of disenfranchised Mississippians asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the state’s lifetime ban on voting for individuals with certain felony convictions violates the U.S. Constitution.
Senators Wicker & Hyde-Smith voted to cut Medicaid & SNAP when 667,000 Mississippians depend on Medicaid, with 57% of all births being covered by Medicaid,& with 384,800 of Mississippians depending on SNAP benefits.
They traded the lives of Mississippians to appease a felon.
#Pinks
#MomsForMedicaid
They traded the lives of Mississippians to appease a felon.
#Pinks
#MomsForMedicaid
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Senators Wicker & Hyde-Smith voted to cut Medicaid & SNAP when 667,000 Mississippians depend on Medicaid, with 57% of all births being covered by Medicaid,& with 384,800 of Mississippians depending on SNAP benefits.
They traded the lives of Mississippians to appease a felon.
#Pinks
#MomsForMedicaid
They traded the lives of Mississippians to appease a felon.
#Pinks
#MomsForMedicaid
Mississippians are planning protests against the Trump administration in seven cities across the state on Saturday, June 14, including in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Hernando, Jackson, Oxford, Starkville and Tupelo.
Mississippians to Protest Trump in 7 Cities Saturday
Mississippians in seven cities are holding protests against the Trump administration’s policies on June 14, building on the 50501 movement’s success.
www.mississippifreepress.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Mississippians are planning protests against the Trump administration in seven cities across the state on Saturday, June 14, including in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Hernando, Jackson, Oxford, Starkville and Tupelo.
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
Rare Portraits of Enslaved Mississippians Displayed at Art Museum
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
Celebrating this by getting that ass beat like y’all’s great granddaddies
April 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Celebrating this by getting that ass beat like y’all’s great granddaddies
You can’t cut healthcare for hundreds of thousands of Mississippians and then brag about bringing money home for hospitals.
A band-aid won't fix a knife wound.
A band-aid won't fix a knife wound.
October 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
You can’t cut healthcare for hundreds of thousands of Mississippians and then brag about bringing money home for hospitals.
A band-aid won't fix a knife wound.
A band-aid won't fix a knife wound.
“We’re at a critical juncture in our country and we believe that this regime is a fascist regime,” said Lea Campbell, who helped organize the Gulfport, Mississippi, No Kings protest. “And we have to build as much community and solidarity to save this nation from a fascist regime.”
Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport
Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“We’re at a critical juncture in our country and we believe that this regime is a fascist regime,” said Lea Campbell, who helped organize the Gulfport, Mississippi, No Kings protest. “And we have to build as much community and solidarity to save this nation from a fascist regime.”
Nationwide, whites are about 12% below poverty threshold. For black Mississippians, its 44% compared to 25% nationwide.
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Nationwide, whites are about 12% below poverty threshold. For black Mississippians, its 44% compared to 25% nationwide.
MAGA are continuing their racist attacks by saying Puerto Ricans aren’t Americans because they are called Puerto Ricans.
I guess they should inform Floridians, Texans, Arizonans, New Yorkers, Mississippians, Ohioans, Michiganders and more of that supremely idiotic logic.
I guess they should inform Floridians, Texans, Arizonans, New Yorkers, Mississippians, Ohioans, Michiganders and more of that supremely idiotic logic.
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 AM
MAGA are continuing their racist attacks by saying Puerto Ricans aren’t Americans because they are called Puerto Ricans.
I guess they should inform Floridians, Texans, Arizonans, New Yorkers, Mississippians, Ohioans, Michiganders and more of that supremely idiotic logic.
I guess they should inform Floridians, Texans, Arizonans, New Yorkers, Mississippians, Ohioans, Michiganders and more of that supremely idiotic logic.
Mississippians been tryin' to tell y'all, too
There is a reason I spent several years reporting in Texas and the South.
There's a reason the fiercest Dem resistance lately has been from Black Dems from Texas.
The playbook for what we are seeing on the national stage was tested and fireproofed in the South.
There's a reason the fiercest Dem resistance lately has been from Black Dems from Texas.
The playbook for what we are seeing on the national stage was tested and fireproofed in the South.
March 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Mississippians been tryin' to tell y'all, too
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
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"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
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Rare Portraits of Enslaved Mississippians Displayed at Art Museum
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
www.mississippifreepress.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
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"Portrait of Frederick" joins "Portrait of Delia," both hanging in the same museum together for the first time in history.
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The constant struggle to remind people that over 1 in 3 Mississippians is Black.
I understand not feeling bad for Trump voters who will be hurt by the evil madness they voted for. What I don’t understand is looking at areas that voted for him as monoliths. Even if a place is like 60% Trump that’s a hell of a lot of the population that voted against this.
December 14, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The constant struggle to remind people that over 1 in 3 Mississippians is Black.
The Mississippi regime has done so for decades.
Study: 11% of all Mississippians, 16% of Black Mississippians can’t vote because of felony convictions
Mississippi now denies a higher percentage of its residents the right to vote because of felony convictions than any state in the country.
mississippitoday.org
October 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The Mississippi regime has done so for decades.
Go, Mississippi! Check this out.
Mississippians For Justice is placing these billboards around the state. These were seen in Brandon and Ridgeland.
If you see one, please get a photo, drop it here, and tell us where!
Awesome work!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Mississippians For Justice is placing these billboards around the state. These were seen in Brandon and Ridgeland.
If you see one, please get a photo, drop it here, and tell us where!
Awesome work!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
July 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Go, Mississippi! Check this out.
Mississippians For Justice is placing these billboards around the state. These were seen in Brandon and Ridgeland.
If you see one, please get a photo, drop it here, and tell us where!
Awesome work!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Mississippians For Justice is placing these billboards around the state. These were seen in Brandon and Ridgeland.
If you see one, please get a photo, drop it here, and tell us where!
Awesome work!
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that unraveled a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
Thousands of Mississippians Decry ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ at Jackson Rally Against Redistricting
Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power.
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May 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that unraveled a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
Rare Portraits of Enslaved Mississippians Displayed at Art Museum
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Mississippi Museum of Art now owns the only two known portraits of enslaved Mississippians that were painted before the Civil War.
Meet the three Mississippians who FLIPPED red seats blue and broke the Republican super majority in the Mississippi State Senate.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meet the three Mississippians who FLIPPED red seats blue and broke the Republican super majority in the Mississippi State Senate.
Yep, we've seen the massive #NoKings rallies, with tens of thousands gathered in big cities across the country.
But y'all look at this small protest of 11 people in the small, small town of Kosciusko, Mississppi.
That's democracy, too.
www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...
But y'all look at this small protest of 11 people in the small, small town of Kosciusko, Mississppi.
That's democracy, too.
www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...
Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport
Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yep, we've seen the massive #NoKings rallies, with tens of thousands gathered in big cities across the country.
But y'all look at this small protest of 11 people in the small, small town of Kosciusko, Mississppi.
That's democracy, too.
www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...
But y'all look at this small protest of 11 people in the small, small town of Kosciusko, Mississppi.
That's democracy, too.
www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...
“Eighty percent of Mississippians say they want Medicaid expansion, so this is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue: this is a Mississippians issue," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor said.
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January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Eighty percent of Mississippians say they want Medicaid expansion, so this is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue: this is a Mississippians issue," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor said.
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Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power.
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June 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power.
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