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MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar and his wife Myrlie. Evers was the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, a state that lynched more people than any other.

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that private individuals and groups, like the ACLU or NAACP, can't sue under a key section of the Voting Rights Act. It's a decision that could reshape the political landscape, at a time when states across the country are already fighting over district lines.
Plus, ballots themselves come under scrutiny in Mississippi and Pennsylvania, in two...

Congressional redistricting in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and New York may give Democrats a chance to win more seats in the House of Representatives. We explore why. Then, bidding farewell to Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and saying hello to Taylor Swift.

Mass protests spread across Israel after defense minister Yoav Gallant was sacked, Mississippi cleans up after a devastating tornado kills more than two dozen people and jury selection begins in the federal trial of Fugees founding member Pras Michel.

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.

In May, the United States was stunned by the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that previewed the end of Roe v. Wade. After, we spoke to people on both sides of the abortion issue. Today, we revisit...

As hospitals in the United States battled another coronavirus wave in the past few months, another crisis was steadily growing more acute: a shortage of nurses.

We speak to some of the “forgotten warriors” of the nursing profession, at Pascagoula Hospital in Mississippi, to find out what life is like on the front line of the pandemic.

Guest: Andrew Jacobs, a global health reporter...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that was a frontal challenge to Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.

The case in front of the justices was about a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

For the state to win, the court, which now has a conservative majority, would have to...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in a case from Mississippi. That case poses a serious challenge to Roe v. Wade. We look at what the court was thinking when they decided Roe in 1973.

This case is one that haunted me since I heard it in 2014. Jessica Chambers was a 19 year old, well liked girl from Courtland, Mississippi. When she was found with 98% of her body covered in burns, the mystery of her murder began. Today, her family and loved ones are still searching for some of the most important answers. Above all, who lit...

House Democrats nominate Nancy Pelosi to serve as the next speaker of the House. If approved by the full House, Pelosi would again wield the gavel in January. Plus, Republicans claimed another Senate seat in a runoff in Mississippi.