A Mississippi May is offering drug dealers 10,000 to leave the city. The hope is that the money will persuade those who commit crimes to move away and start new lives. “We are talking directly to three groups of people. Drug dealers, gang members, and any wannabe criminals in the city of Clarksdale,” he said. […]

In spite of some race-related controversies, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won Mississippi’s special Senate election Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Mike Espy, according to a projection by NBC News. Hyde-Smith had 55.2 percent, or 362,567 votes, while Espy had 44.8 percent, or 296,254 votes, with 78 percent of the votes reported. With Hyde-Smith’s victory, Republicans will have a 53-47 […]

“Personally, I like to see people dressed when they’re in public and I like to see people with their pants up,” Rep. Tom Weathersby told Mississippi Today.   Mississippi Republican lawmaker Rep. Tom Weathersby has proposed a new piece of legislation that would make it illegal to wear “sagging” pants. Under the law, individuals who sag […]

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Republican lawmaker Tom Weathersby has proposed counseling and fines in sagging pants ban.

The Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, a historical black church in Greenville, Mississippi, was set fire by what appears to be Donald Trump Supporters. The church was found last night engulfed in flames with “VOTE TRUMP” spray painted on the side. See video below:

Tracy Morgan is taking a stand against a new law in Mississippi by canceling a show he had scheduled there.

  Dr. Jamal Bryant and Attorney Carlos Moore lead the “Take it Down” Confederate Flag rally this week in Jackson to challenge Gov. Phil Bryant’s ruling to…

12/18/13- Roland Martin talks with 22-year-old Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson about balancing life as a college student and being the youngest elected official in…