
Mississippi
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Faith Hill Asks Mississippi Legislature to Change State Flag: Confederate Symbol Doesn’t Represent ‘Mississippi of Today’
By Lindsey Ellefson | June 26, 2020 @ 7:27 AMCountry singer called Confederate emblem in upper left ”a direct symbol of terror“
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ShortList 2019: ‘Departing Gesture’ Director Brian Bolster Casts Cold Light on AIDS in the Deep South (Video)
By Kylie Harrington | August 8, 2019 @ 4:30 PMBolster’s doc introduces a Mississippi funeral director who buries those rejected by their families after dying of AIDS
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Mississippi GOP Governor Candidate Won’t Let Female Reporter Cover Campaign Trip – Unless She Brings a Male Colleague
By Lindsey Ellefson | July 10, 2019 @ 8:18 AM”Can’t risk it,“ Robert Foster’s campaign director tells Mississippi Today’s Larrison Campbel
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‘Vote Trump’ Painted on Black Church Set on Fire in Mississippi
By Reid Nakamura | November 2, 2016 @ 12:40 PMAuthorities are investigating the attack as a hate crime
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North Carolina, Mississippi’s Anti-Gay Laws Prompt UK Warnings to Citizens Traveling to America
By Itay Hod | April 20, 2016 @ 3:29 PM”The U.S. is an extremely diverse society and attitudes towards LGBT people differ hugely across the country,“ travel advisory says
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Bryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Concert Over Anti-Gay Law
By Tony Maglio | April 11, 2016 @ 7:52 AMSinger’s decision follower Bruce Springsteen’s canceling a show in North Carolina over anti-LGBT legislation
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Mississippi Native Robin Roberts on State’s Anti-Gay Law: ‘It Hurts My Soul’
By Itay Hod | April 8, 2016 @ 4:10 PMOpenly gay host of ”Good Morning America“ posed for cover of home state’s 2016 tourism guide — before the controversial law was passed
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Grammys Just Opened Museum in Mississippi, But Won’t Condemn State’s New Anti-Gay Bill
By Matt Donnelly | April 1, 2016 @ 4:36 PMRecording Academy spokesperson tells TheWrap they hope to ”continue to bridge the gaps that exist in our society today“
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Super Tuesday 2: Trump Wins 2 States; Cruz, Clinton and Sanders Each Take 1 (Updating)
By Itay Hod and Brian Flood | March 8, 2016 @ 5:03 PMThe GOP frontrunner continues his sweep to the nomination; the Democratic Vermont senator pulls off a Midwest upset but falls further behind in delegates
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Comcast Founder Ralph Roberts Dead at 95
By Jordan Chariton | June 19, 2015 @ 7:24 AMRoberts founded Comcast in 1963 when he purchased a small cable system in Mississippi
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Inside MSNBC’s Evolution: How Phil Griffin Is Tinkering With Network
By Jordan Chariton | November 3, 2014 @ 2:48 PMInsiders familiar with part of MSNBC’s strategy tell TheWrap about changes already appearing on screen
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John Grisham Doesn’t Think Men Watching Child Porn are Pedophiles
By Jordan Chariton | October 16, 2014 @ 6:46 AMThe best-selling author says America needs prison reform, argues men watching child porn shouldn’t be in prison