Is the US a democracy or a republic? That’s a misleading question, writes a historian of early America. The values of republicanism and the values of democracy have both been vital to the nation.
For Madison, religious freedom was not a tool for political domination. Rather, he saw it as a constitutional safeguard for liberty and democracy.
There’s something very cynical about Republicans’ efforts this week to pass a law requiring massive changes to the nation’s voting laws ahead …
The Department of Justice is assembling a first-ever national voter database. It has demanded that states turn over their complete voter regis…
Thank goodness for state governments. One of the most underappreciated stories in 2025 was the role states played in checking federal overreac…
“We are charting a better and more prosperous course for our state and her people that will last for generations,” proclaimed Gov. Tate Reeves…
The surge of deaths in Mississippi from opioid overdoses that began in the late 1990s continues today, driven by synthetic opioids, particular…
In what looked to be a risky move last April, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) hired Flowood Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ja…
As Mississippi basks in its AI data center boom, all is not copasetic in the AI economy.
How deep will the anti-science MAHA invasion penetrate into Mississippi? Can beleaguered state health officer Dr. Daniel Edney convince legisl…


