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Period poverty activism has stirred lawmakers to action

For many years, Laila Brown, a 16-year-old from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her peers had conversations about the stigma of periods and the lack of period products at school. After learning about “period poverty,” or inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, Brown and her older sister, Asia, 21, wanted…

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Mississippi woman, 20, charged with capital murder for allegedly throwing baby onto road

Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley, 2, has been charged in connection with the death of Khalysie Lashay Jolley

The Independent UK

Mississippi's pro-life "hypocrisy"

Mississippi cuts Medicaid coverage just 60 days after birth, leaving women to "die," expert says

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Abortion in Mississippi is already limited to a single clinic. If Roe v Wade falls, it could soon be outlawed entirely

The "Pink House" in Jackson has been fighting for safe, legal abortion for more than a decade. It's now at the centre of a once-in-a-generation legal stoush, with consequences that will shake the foundation of American life.

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Jackie Calmes: Republican 'pro-life' advocacy ends with a child's birth

From red-state capitals to Washington, Republican politicians are conceding what's been obvious for decades: Their "pro-life" advocacy ends with a child's birth.

Los Angeles Times

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Brett Favre solicited welfare money from the poorest state in the nation and it’s time to pay up

Brett Favre’s involvement in a $77 million welfare scam is just another example of how Mississippi continues to fail its most vulnerable people — and everyone involved should be held accountable.

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Convicted ex-friar won't be tried in 2nd sex abuse case

Mississippi prosecutors have dropped a second set of charges against a former Franciscan friar who was convicted last month of sexually abusing a student during the 1990s at a Catholic school

The Independent UK

A look at 3 common beliefs about the Supreme Court's upcoming abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade set off a political firestorm about the future of abortion.

Los Angeles Times

Mississippi school board upholds firing over 'New Butt' book

A Mississippi educator fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!”

The Independent UK

Psychedelic neon home for sale at £355,000 baffles house hunters with what's inside

Joseph Jarmusz, of Gautier, Mississippi, is selling the colourful house which is on the market for £355k and features bizarre mannequins in almost every room

Daily Mirror

‘I became the abortion lady of Mississippi’: the mother of seven who devoted her life to the pro-choice cause

Raised a fundamentalist Christian, Laurie Bertram Roberts grew up believing abortion was evil. Then a pregnancy put her life at risk – and she was denied the termination she desperately needed

The Guardian - UK

Mississippi school district upholds teacher’s firing for reading I Need a New Butt! to kids

Toby Price, an assistant principal who plans to pursue an appeal with the chancery courts of Mississippi, was fired in March

The Guardian - US

Ex-NFL star Brett Favre, WWE’s ‘Million Dollar Man’ sued over $20m in misspent Mississippi welfare funds

State officials trying to recover money intended for the poorest citizens of one of the nation’s poorest states.

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More SCOTUS Leaks To Politico: Alito's Majority Still Holds Five, And No Other Draft Opinions Have Been Circulated Yet

These leaks from a "conservative" look designed to quell controversy.

The Independent UK

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

WEKU

Mississippi sues Brett Favre and 3 wrestlers over welfare misspending

The Mississippi Department of Human Services sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several others to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’

US plans extra $40bn aid package for Ukraine amid concern over Russian missiles striking Black Sea port. Plus, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe sells for $195m

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The Independent UK

John Grisham: ‘Non-lawyers who write legal thrillers often get things so wrong’

Ahead of his appearance at the Santa Fe Literary Festival, the bestselling author talks to Kevin E G Perry about the real-life moment that inspired ‘A Time to Kill’, why innocent people are still being locked up, and what aspiring thriller writers need to get right in chapter one

The Independent UK

Mississippi sues Favre, wrestlers, over welfare misspending

The Mississippi Department of Human Services is suing retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, three former pro wrestlers and several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars that were intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation

The Guardian - US

Mississippi governor refuses to rule out banning contraception

‘That is not what we’re focused on at this time,’ says Tate Reeves while state has ‘trigger law’ that would outlaw almost all abortions

The Independent UK

Mississippi governor defends law forcing incest survivors to carry babies to term: ‘It’s less than 1%’

‘When you look at the number of [abortions] that actually involve incest, it’s less than 1 per cent’

WEKU

The lone abortion provider in Miss. is at the center of the case challenging Roe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Shannon Brewer of the Jackson Women's Health Organization. The Mississippi clinic is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could result in the end of Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mother, wife, lawyer: Erin Hawley calls the fight to overturn Roe ‘the project of a lifetime’

ST. LOUIS — Not surprisingly, the Hawley name is on one of the most controversial cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, an effort from Mississippi that could restrict abortion rights and overturn Roe v. Wade.

ABC News

Native Americans fight to keep traditions alive after COVID-19 takes a disproportionate toll

Like many Native American communities, the Choctaw Nation was hit hard by the pandemic. In the wake of the deaths of so many tribal elders, it is falling on the tribe's younger generation to keep the culture alive.

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