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The National Folk Festival Returns to Jackson, Mississippi. Everyone’s Invited.
This November, Jackson, Mississippi, will once again welcome one of the country’s most celebrated cultural gatherings as the National Folk Festival returns Nov. 13-15 for the second year of its historic three-year residency. For the first time in its more than 90-year history, the festival has found a home in Mississippi and the Deep South, bringing together music, dance, storytelling, food and cultural traditions from across the nation for a completely free, three-day celebration.
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Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Scott Colom in Tupelo
TUPELO — Of all the people that former President Bill Clinton could have quoted at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom , a Republican former president was not expected to be at the top of the list. But Clinton nevertheless invoked George Bush to promote Colom during the final stretch of his campaign. "'Democracy is self-correcting,'" Clinton recalled Bush saying. "We're about to find out in Mississippi, because Scott is the correction." Clinton stumped for Colom at an Oct. 30 rally in Tupelo, the latest in a long line of prominent Democrats who have dropped in on the Magnolia State as Colom's race has inched from a Republican lock to a potential toss-up. Colom's campaign first caught his attention, Clinton told the crowd, because of his health care advocacy, particularly when it came to rural hospitals. In one of his many jabs at President Donald Trump and his policies, Clinton criticized the president's "fact-free politics" that have led to climbing prices. It was the second presidential visit of the week in Mississippi. Trump came to Corinth on Monday to support Cindy Hyde-Smith. The event, and the presidential styles, contrasted greatly. "Don't tell people how beautiful that big bill