ICE Raid Arrest Numbers Rise

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 ICE raids -- federal officials who bust into rural factory towns to arrest suspected "illegal immigrants" -- continued this week in Laurel, Miss. The town of about 18,000 saw federal officials revise the number of people arrested in the raid to 595. It remained unknown whether the majority of detainees would serve jail time or be immediately deported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fortune Frowns on McCain

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2008 John McCain had hoped for a photo op atop an oil rig, but he got a hurricane and an oil spill instead. The senator is known for his superstitions, but lately his lucky charms don't seem to be doing the trick. The Washington Post takes a closer look at McCain's week of bad luck and finds there's more to frown about on the horizon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Outcry on Savage’s Savage Comment About Autism

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2008 Shock jock Michael Savage clearly has an overblown sense of the extent of his "expertise" on a wide range of topics, but he overstepped his bounds by attempting armchair psychology about a sensitive subject last week -- autism -- and drew fire from angry parents and supporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arkansas Slammed by Deadly Storms

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2008 Emergency response teams faced a busy weekend helping Arkansas residents cope with the aftermath of another round of severe weather that pounded the Southern state Friday with heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes. Eight lives were lost, raising the state's storm-related death toll for the year to 24. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Add Mississippi to Obama’s List — Texas Caucuses Too

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2008 Barack Obama won the Mississippi primary by 24 points on Tuesday. CNN is also projecting Obama as the winner of last week's Texas caucuses. Now it's a question of momentum and the tone of the campaign as the candidates head toward Pennsylvania, where Hillary Clinton is heavily favored in the polls. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lott’s Wisdom: Illegal Immigrants Are Like Goats

Claire Wasserman Jun 22, 2007 When you combine a goat with an electric fence you get the solution to illegal immigration? That's Sen Trent Lott's answer to the immigration question . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Biloxi Blues (and Reds)

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2006 Rep Charles Rangel (D-NY), above, raised the ire of not a few Mississippi residents, including Rep Charles Pickering (R-Miss), for telling the N Times on Nov 8, "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?" Who, indeed? Truthdig takes you beneath the headlines . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Last Clinic Standing

Sunsara Taylor / Truthdig Jul 14, 2006 An extremist pro-life organization that helped make doctors the targets of deadly attacks in the 1990s is now mobilizing a protest to shutter the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. With reproductive rights under assault across the country, pro-choice activist Sunsara Taylor reports on the high-stakes battle about to take place in Jackson, Miss. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )