2026-10-23T10:27:54Z https://nostr.now Ashton Pittman https://nostr.now/npub10umujy5urc8f8q5gqkm29uxmx2l2f48pv6j9k7a79vuctf3gp8eq9nxfrd https://assets.journa.host/accounts/avatars/109/301/239/370/522/655/original/a05f241f387c332f.jpeg https://assets.journa.host/accounts/avatars/109/301/239/370/522/655/original/a05f241f387c332f.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstgnrkksxyjyh42ctfx57pshklz02a3d30ecmkzkqxjz9ysk2j5egzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylypnjus5 Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.<br/><br/>She says that Hyde-Smith&#39;s infamous remark about being &#34;on the front row&#34; at a public hanging helped inspire her to run.<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/priscilla-williams-till-emmett-tills-cousin-is-running-for-us-senate-in-mississippi/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/priscilla-williams-till-emmett-tills-cousin-is-running-for-us-senate-in-mississippi/</a> 2025-09-10T00:56:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjjsuh4ze37l74em2jdqpgyk835s3fs9utlgq6qund2qgewltrjszypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyahx4c3 Mississippi&#39;s new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses.<br/><br/>Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom.<br/><br/>My new editorial: <a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-bluesky-blocks-mississippi-ips-citing-states-age-verification-law-free-speech-and-privacy-concerns/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-bluesky-blocks-mississippi-ips-citing-states-age-verification-law-free-speech-and-privacy-concerns/</a> 2025-08-22T23:14:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszypw7ajnjt4xt2jvjkw2f0lv9khvt2cc8e0hwu3fcnnzlc5jn5eszypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly7z6z9s High school seniors in Mississippi will no longer have to pass a U.S. history test to graduate after the State Board of Education voted to eliminate it this fall.<br/><br/>Mary Werner, a former English teacher, was the lone dissenting vote.<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-students-no-longer-required-to-pass-u-s-history-assessment-to-graduate/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-students-no-longer-required-to-pass-u-s-history-assessment-to-graduate/</a> 2025-06-20T04:25:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfvqmema3zeh5zpvhyhez9j9pt4tjggr80e92gzxrvaqsxp36z8vgzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly0wr88m No matter what happens tonight, the fascist movement in the United States is powerful and growing, and we all have to gird ourselves to fight it. 2024-11-06T03:58:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq6sklvtsfyfyessxu3ly3ue8jmxgqsy9swvy0u9z7cpd2qzaw25szypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyezmheu I&#39;d just like to point out that an incredibly &#34;likable&#34; woman ran this time, and it&#39;s still really close with that awful, monster of a man.<br/><br/>It was never about Hillary&#39;s &#34;likability.&#34; Many Americans will simply repeatedly choose the most unintelligent man over the smartest woman time and again. 2024-11-06T03:33:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszeayg46ugyl4ng7lj3k7k9kcj9h0sac7vzc2ulcu9gmjkt8w4flqzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylywmylqf Regardless of the outcome, it&#39;ll always make me sad that so many people in this country happily vote for pure hatred, bigotry, and cruelty. 2024-11-06T01:45:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs250la2gqjzhlrxq07wqmpz9n9hm5kjrx8fy0cvg077pf7wefunggzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly2t267w I am not exaggerating when I say that one real, possible outcome of this election is the ascent of a fascist, authoritarian government and the end of any hope for a democracy that could later remove it.<br/><br/>National media should&#39;ve made this clear long ago.<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-fascism-is-already-in-america-the-only-question-is-whether-well-make-it-permanent/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note-fascism-is-already-in-america-the-only-question-is-whether-well-make-it-permanent/</a> 2024-11-04T19:15:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqddt0j6h5l8cja70arfpupc8sjtu7007q3ve0wpf9rhfctnzcr2czypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylywzajn2 The Mississippi Free Press is posting on Mastodon again! Give our nonprofit and paywall-free newsroom a follow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub199j65crn5mtzhxmww57twd8kfaswaap6a8sa5kh30h4kjh2f874spv90r9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mississippi Free Press</span> (<span class="italic">npub199j…90r9</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-31T19:54:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gx7qqzpg3k0dr7v3ennva7qhc096zwckr265cmz23cp3uzdekvczypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyq7swqt Joe Biden did not say Trump&#39;s supporterS (plural) are &#34;garbage.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s clear in context that Biden was talking about one particular &#34;supporter&#39;S (possessive) garbage&#34;—Tony Hinchcliffe&#39;s racism.<br/><br/>Not that a little thing like honest context will stop five days of hysterics.<br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/113/394/062/658/448/781/original/33a501dd8bc1f8cb.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-30T02:41:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz49yx79qwk97nql2rdgpmtnlsxjtgdte2ppfsd8wde3anp3u5l2szypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly3m0aqq Project 2025, a plan drafted by dozens of Trump allies, would effectively end all government action centered on climate change.<br/><br/>Trump has baselessly called the scientific consensus on climate change &#34;a con,&#34; a &#34;hoax&#34; and a Chinese conspiracy.<br/><br/>Illan Ireland reports: <a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-u-s-would-stop-fighting-climate-change-under-project-2025/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-u-s-would-stop-fighting-climate-change-under-project-2025/</a> 2024-10-29T17:17:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswfg543dyp7n3txjnxf4k72pyw870vpkmgq7sey0738jfqvdencfqzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyqqcckn If you&#39;re cancelling your Washington Post or LA Times subscriptions, I humbly ask that you please consider supporting a nonprofit newsroom like ours, the Mississippi Free Press, with a donation.<br/><br/>We&#39;re free for anyone to read (no paywalls!), but your donations help us grow our pro-democracy journalism.<br/><a href="http://mfp.ms/donate">http://mfp.ms/donate</a> 2024-10-27T02:41:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrttsyjd2zttcvwzzc8nwk5c2qj7ywmlhx2uzteydx9f43tsccqqzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylynfafm4 While billionaires treat the press like a plaything, Mississippi Free Press Editor Donna Ladd is using her role as a news leader to warn about looming fascism—and the history that informs us about the dangers we face.<br/><br/>Read Donna Ladd&#39;s latest Editor&#39;s Note: As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-as-fascism-looms-the-free-press-must-stand-and-report-in-the-breach/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-as-fascism-looms-the-free-press-must-stand-and-report-in-the-breach/</a> 2024-10-27T02:38:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8lm5krhaz6vskru6seu90p3pc9rkg90zax9nrqsh4u8q32tu78qqzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylykzls08 &#34;What too many of us don’t know now is that the rise of Nazi Germany and the lead-up to the Holocaust was a slow play fertilized by denialism about what was happening in plain view—not the Final Solution out of the gate. Non-targeted Germans continued their daily lives, even as their kids trained to be hardened and hateful Nazis, and believed the bigoted lies that it was &#39;subhuman&#39; people—which is not a thing—causing all their economic problems.&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-as-fascism-looms-the-free-press-must-stand-and-report-in-the-breach/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democracy-as-fascism-looms-the-free-press-must-stand-and-report-in-the-breach/</a> 2024-10-26T23:49:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg063wx8jewwcgwlzzzk5484rpypqwglagtt5gxs6rqt7d0d49d3szypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyf99d3r Top story at the Mississippi Free Press this evening: &#34;Trump Praised Adolf Hitler and Said He Wanted &#39;Hitler&#39;s Generals, His Former Chief of Staff Says&#34;<br/><br/>Many national outlets decided this wasn&#39;t front-page worthy news. We disagree.<br/><br/>Read the report: <a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/trump-praised-adolf-hitler-and-said-he-wanted-hitlers-generals-his-former-chief-of-staff-says/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/trump-praised-adolf-hitler-and-said-he-wanted-hitlers-generals-his-former-chief-of-staff-says/</a><br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/113/359/753/113/400/888/original/016518e95f34bdd6.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-24T01:17:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ehzjuzmya0k5s2amaw6y0udfu3pa5rcj2ma368c4pczsq9nckzszypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly2k2dl0 Taylor Swift drops her endorsement of Kamala Harris for president:<br/><br/>&#34;With love and hope, <br/>Taylor Swift<br/>Childless Cat Lady&#34;<br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/113/116/813/028/974/654/original/7660cf8e673a0b8d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/113/116/813/212/711/274/original/a2077e04cde16ece.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-11T03:33:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0tza87r2xeufejy3sjuv9m9zv8vv7n8khmn73f8lff6p8lkld6zszypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qyly8s66lm NEW: Five after Trump-era ICE raids targeted 680 immigrant workers in Mississippi, many families remain separated, with some rebuilding their lives as single-parent homes following deportations.<br/><br/>Others fear it could happen again.<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/five-years-after-mass-ice-raids-in-mississippi-families-are-still-piecing-their-lives-back-together/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/five-years-after-mass-ice-raids-in-mississippi-families-are-still-piecing-their-lives-back-together/</a> 2024-08-23T18:00:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszq8a2jp5c6xcpgh94pttgtvj8r4fddtv5dhehr5rs4u5dprhnvnqzypln0jgjns0qayuz3qzmdghsmvetafx5u9n2gkmmhc4nnpdx9qylyqrrz6u Though she showed up pregnant, bleeding and in pain, emergency room doctors in Texas turned Kyleigh Thurman away, handing her a pamphlet on miscarriage and telling her to “let nature take its course.” <br/><br/>Three days later, the ER finally admitted her. But it was too late; her fallopian tube had already ruptured.<br/><br/>There are at least 100 others like her.<br/><a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/over-100-pregnant-women-some-bleeding-or-in-labor-turned-away-from-emergency-rooms-since-dobbs-ruling/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/over-100-pregnant-women-some-bleeding-or-in-labor-turned-away-from-emergency-rooms-since-dobbs-ruling/</a> 2024-08-12T23:43:41Z