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How do you obtain a voter ID?

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theGRIO REPORT - Although the ID itself may not be at a cost, the documents needed to get the voter ID are not free...
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'60s 'whites only' murder mystery revisted

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VIDEO - While you won’t find Booker Wright’s name in any history books, he is an unsung hero whose legacy continues to inspire...
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#2 Nevada – Nevada  ties with Florida for the second highest rate of children lacking health insurance in the U.S. – 16 percent. And with just 22 percent of Nevada kids currently receiving Medicaid, federal help could begin to close the gap. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

States with a lot to lose in Medicaid expansion fight

Joy-Ann Reid
SLIDESHOW - Which states stand to lose the most if their governors say 'thanks, but no thanks,' to the Medicaid funds?...
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Lori McElroy

Woman stuck in sewer after trying to retrieve cell phone

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VIDEO - A 46-year-old Jackson, Mississippi woman got stuck in a sewer Wednesday morning, trying to get a cell phone back...
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James Stern of Jackson, Miss., shows documents that allege reputed Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen gave him power of attorney while they were cellmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and he has taken control of 40 acres of Killen’s land, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 14, 2012. Killen’s lawyer says the man has no right to the property. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Ex-inmate sues reputed Klansman in Miss. dispute

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A black ex-prison inmate has filed a lawsuit against reputed Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen and his wife and lawyer over statements related to a land transfer and book and movie rights...
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n this March 1, 2012 photograph, a state of the art water reclamation facility sits unused in the South Woolmarket community of Harrison County, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Katrina funds spent on underused sewage plants

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Officials in Mississippi took private property and spent tens of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery money on sewage plants that may not be needed for decades...
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James Stern of Jackson, Miss., shows documents that allege reputed Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen gave him power of attorney while they were cellmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and he has taken control of 40 acres of Killen’s land, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 14, 2012. Killen’s lawyer says the man has no right to the property. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Black ex-inmate: Reputed KKK member ceded land rights to me

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black man says Edgar Ray Killen, a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader imprisoned for three civil rights workers' deaths in Mississippi, gave him a power of attorney and land rights when they shared a prison cell...
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Henry Curtis Jackson Jr. (Source: MDOC)

Mississippi man executed for killing 4

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PARCHMAN, Mississippi (AP) - A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children...
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Natchez Mall's Regal Cinema 4 Marquee (Twitter)

Miss. marquee reads: 'Niger 3D, Dark Black Men'

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - A movie theater marquee from Natchez Mall's Regal Cinema 4 in Natchez, Mississippi is advertising a 'movie' called: 'Niger 3D, Dark, Black Men'...
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1st black federal officer killed in line of duty honored

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More than a century ago William Henderson Foote served as lawman of the highest order in his town of Yazoo City, Mississippi...
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