Polling Shows Mississippi’s Midterms Come Down to Who Shows Up
Polling suggests some Republican voters are willing to cross party lines for a Democratic candidate. And it’s not difficult to understand why. The “Golden…
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Roger Wicker Says Putin Must Be Defeated. But What Does “Defeated” Actually Mean?
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker published a remarkably simple prescription for the war in Ukraine this week. “Putin must be defeated.” Wicker argues that Vladimir…
Brandon Presley’s Invisible 2026 Raises Questions About His Political Future
Brandon Presley’s name is once again being floated for governor in 2027. But before Mississippi Democrats relive 2023, there is something worth talking about.…
AI Has a Problem Almost Nobody Is Talking About: Who Is Going to Buy All This Debt?
Artificial intelligence requires an extraordinary amount of physical infrastructure. And all of it costs money. Estimates cited by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas…
Michael Chiaradio’s Race May Deserve More Attention Than Historical Numbers Suggest
Michael Chiaradio is running in a congressional district that has not been competitive in a long time. But 2026 is producing some numbers worth…
Mississippi Doesn’t Need to Debate Whether Clean Water Is a Right. We Just Need to Build the Infrastructure.
There is something strange about the way we talk about basic public needs in America. We spend enormous amounts of time arguing about whether…
Mississippi Has a Health Insurance Problem. Mike Chaney and Michael Chiaradio Have Very Different Ideas About What to Do
Mississippi has a health insurance problem. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says the answer may be giving people cheaper options. Michael A. Chiaradio, the Democratic…
Cliff Johnson’s $20,000-a-Week TV Ad Costs Are a Problem Bigger Than His Campaign
Cliff Johnson released his first television ad this week with a narrator most candidates could only dream of landing. Mississippi native Morgan Freeman. The…
“A Disgrace to Black People”: Mississippi Voter Says She Feels Betrayed by Shuwaski Young
Four years ago, Shuwaski Young was the Democratic nominee for Congress in Mississippi’s Third Congressional District. Today, Young has changed parties and is seeking…
A New Texas Stock Exchange Is Pulling Companies From Wall Street. That Could Be a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
For generations, America’s public capital markets have been overwhelmingly associated with New York. But a brand-new stock exchange is beginning to pull major companies…
The Truth Behind “Transgender Defender” Attacks on Scott Colom Make Him Look Better Than You Might Think
Mississippi’s junior U.S. senator, Cindy Hyde-Smith, has spent months attacking Democratic challenger Scott Colom over transgender issues. The attacks portray Colom as recklessly supporting…
$100 Oil Exposes a Major American Weakness That Has Been Years in the Making
Brent crude crossed $100 a barrel Wednesday as the expanding conflict with Iran stoked fear in energy markets. The immediate explanation is war, but…
Mississippi Republicans Are Running Against the Radical Left. But Those Candidates Aren’t on the Ballot.
“Socialists are taking over the Democratic Party” has become an all too familiar argument in Mississippi politics. But Mississippi Republicans are not running against…