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February 18, 2011
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Ablene Cooper, who said she worked for Stockett's brother, is claiming Stockett used her name and…
February 16, 2011
Haley Barbour just demonstrated that he doesn't know how to address racially sensitive subjects in a way that will resonate…
February 16, 2011
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Asked about the NAACP's stance Tuesday, Barbour replied: "I don't go around denouncing people. That's not…
February 10, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate…
February 9, 2011
VIDEO - Three adults were killed and at least a dozen students were injured when a tractor-trailer collided head-on with…
February 9, 2011
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (AP) - Brett Bonner, editor of Living Blues Magazine, says Sease started in gospel music in South Carolina…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the…
January 29, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Now if the 63-year-old could just shake his penchant for airbrushing his state's segregationist past, a…
January 26, 2011
VIDEO - Shearea Jefferson, Anna's sister, heard from her mother that Anna was taken away by an aunt and her…
January 20, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964,…
January 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In a state where Latinos have no representation in the state legislature, African-Americans -- have extended their…
January 13, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Republican, who is considering a 2012 run in what could be a crowded GOP field,…
January 7, 2011
PEARL, Mississippi (AP) - Jamie and Gladys Scott waved to reporters and yelled "we're free" and "God bless y'all" as…
January 6, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jamie and Gladys Scott will be released Friday from the state prison in Rankin County, just…
January 2, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The unusual agreement has alarmed some experts, who have raised legal and ethical questions...
December 30, 2010
OPINION - After taking a major media pummeling for his comments and under increasing pressure to do something about the…
December 29, 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has suspended the life sentences of two sisters convicted in 1994 for…
December 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour spoke out a day after several liberal activists criticized his published comments about school…
December 21, 2010
OPINION - Haley Barbour's failed attempt to re-write history stems from bigoted white supremacist ideology and must be rejected as…
December 20, 2010
TALKING POINTS MEMO - Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential candidate, has an interesting perspective on the tumults of…