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Guarding the Door: Scott Colom, "Sinators," and Medgar Evers's Mississippi
Latest: Colom's lead holds near 2,600 as Hinds finishes its count
Election 2026 · Mississippi canvass watch
Mississippi Senate: Every Ballot Counted
With 97% counted (AP), Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes as Mississippi canvasses its remaining ballots. Follow the county map and count analysis, and share your voting experience.
Editorial Note: Democracy is not imperiled by those lining up to vote; it is imperiled by the systems designed to lock them out. Read: Two Elections, Two Realities
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Act III: France's Students March Again on October 31
Latest: up to 1.6 million march as unions join the students; 448 arrests; Lecornu meets unions Monday.
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The Crown in the Caribbean: What King Charles's Tour Reveals About the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua
Latest: Manchester’s slavery history and Black resistance challenge comforting abolition narratives; the Caribbean tour ends without a reported reparations settlement.
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On This Day, Nov. 10, 1898: The Wilmington Coup
A thriving Black city in North Carolina was overthrown by armed white supremacists, the only successful coup in American history.
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The Door That Is Closing: The State of Black America, Part 2
Federal jobs built the Black middle class. In one year, survey estimates show Black federal employment falling from about one million to 627,000.
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The Delta's Quiet Firewall: Kameisha Smith and the Fight for Every Holmes County Ballot
While the cameras watch Colom and Hyde-Smith, a 31-year-old organizer and her teams are tracking down flagged ballots across four Delta counties before Tuesday's deadline.
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Two days after a three-point Senate loss, Angie Nixon launched Never Scared PAC to keep Florida's working-class organizing alive.
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As Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on Argentina's National Day of Afro-Argentines, the history of a Black city the nation tried to forget.
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The Affidavits and the Membership List: Phoenix, South Carolina and Longview, Texas
In 1898 a mob killed Black voters collecting affidavits in Phoenix, South Carolina. In 1957 Longview, Texas, jailed NAACP leaders who refused to surrender member lists.
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