Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in November. The commission tasked with designing a new state flag selected five final options on Tuesday for the ...

The people of Mississippi understood this clearly when we decided this issue in 2001 in a referendum, and the people chose to keep the current flag. The will of the people of the state was made ...

The debate materialized in Mississippi through its state flag, which has existed in its current form since 1894, featuring the Confederate battle emblem in the left corner. But the momentum has ...

A debate over the Mississippi state flag is grabbing headlines following the May death of George Floyd. As people and institutions throughout the United States lobby to eradicate symbols of ...

especially in the current environment in which activism around issues of racial justice are dominating the national conversation. In bringing the issue of the Mississippi flag to the nation’s ...

this one,'" Brown said. “If we put the current flag on the ballot with another good design, the people of Mississippi will change it. ... Let's not steal their joy." While suspension of the ...