January 22, 2008 -
        
  
        Thompson quits presidential race
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 22, 2008 -
        
  
        The Texas Supreme Court last week declined to intercede in a dispute between presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich and the state Democratic Party over Kucinich's refusal to sign a party loyalty oath.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 21, 2008 -
        
  
        "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."		-- Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 19, 2008 -
        
  
        The Nationalist Movement -- a white-supremacist group based in Learned, Miss. that bills itself as "pro-majority" -- plans to march on Jena, La. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protest the holiday and the Jena 6.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 18, 2008 -
        
  
        It's been a rough week for Southern power giant Duke Energy.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 18, 2008 -
        
  
        Every four years, you can always tell when the Republican presidential primaries are headed South. The claws come out, the dirty tricks ramp up -- and the political positions of the GOP hopefuls all turn sharply to the right.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 18, 2008 -
        
  
        Mississippi Public Radio will be doing a segment this morning covering the report released by the Institute this week on Hurricane Katrina and human rights.