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First Mississippi Child Dies of Flu in 2023-2024 Season

First Mississippi Child Dies of Flu in 2023-2024 Season

Heather Harrison

‘Sounds Like Family’: Jackson Rappers Unify for Collaborative ‘Thanksgiving’ Album

Marcus L. Thompson Named New Jackson State University President

Torsheta Jackson

Rep. Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Expel George Santos From Congress

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Former Jackson State VP Accuses IHL of Sex Discrimination in President Search

Former Jackson State VP Accuses IHL of Sex Discrimination in President Search

Torsheta JacksonNovember 20, 2023

Former Jackson State University Vice President Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson alleges that IHL engages in sexually discriminatory hiring practices.

MFP VOICES

Opinion | International Reaction to Gaza Siege Exposes Rift Between the West and Global South

Opinion | International Reaction to Gaza Siege Exposes Rift Between the West and Global South

Editor’s Note | Interrogating Mississippi’s Election Systems

Opinion | Vaping May Negatively Affect Teen Mental Health, Schools Can Help

Opinion | Climate Change Hits Indebted Businesses Hardest, New Research Suggests

Huan Kuang and Ying Zheng

FOCUS: NEWS AND INDEPTH

Rep. Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Expel George Santos From Congress

Rep. Michael Guest Introduces Resolution to Expel George Santos From Congress

Democrat De’Keither Stamps Flips Seat on Mississippi Public Service Commission

Democrat De’Keither Stamps Flips Seat on Mississippi Public Service Commission

Heather Harrison

Jackson Mayor Moving Forward With Garbage Pickup Bid Process After Two-Year Impasse

Jackson Mayor Moving Forward With Garbage Pickup Bid Process After Two-Year Impasse

Shaunicy Muhammad

County Exhumes Dexter Wade’s Body Before Family’s Arrival: ‘They Dug Him Up Without My Permission’

County Exhumes Dexter Wade’s Body Before Family’s Arrival: ‘They Dug Him Up Without My Permission’

Shaunicy Muhammad

CULTURE

‘Sounds Like Family’: Jackson Rappers Unify for Collaborative ‘Thanksgiving’ Album

‘Sounds Like Family’: Jackson Rappers Unify for Collaborative ‘Thanksgiving’ Album

Utica Locals Tackle Food Desert Woes With ‘Homegrown’ Festival

Utica Locals Tackle Food Desert Woes With ‘Homegrown’ Festival

Breast Cancer Survivors Honored At Oxford High School’s 7th Annual Awareness Walk

Breast Cancer Survivors Honored At Oxford High School’s 7th Annual Awareness Walk

Torsheta Jackson

FOCUS: 2023 ELECTIONS

Editor’s Note | Interrogating Mississippi’s Election Systems

Editor’s Note | Interrogating Mississippi’s Election Systems

Democrat De’Keither Stamps Flips Seat on Mississippi Public Service Commission

Democrat De’Keither Stamps Flips Seat on Mississippi Public Service Commission

Heather Harrison

Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Who Led the Dobbs Case, Wins Reelection in Mississippi With Other Statewide GOP Leaders

Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Who Led the Dobbs Case, Wins Reelection in Mississippi With Other Statewide GOP Leaders

In(Equity) and Resilience: Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19

MFP’s Systemic Reporting Prototype ‘BWC Project’ Wins National Award

MFP’s Systemic Reporting Prototype ‘BWC Project’ Wins National Award

One Crop At A Time: School Farms Target Food Insecurity, ‘Supermarket Redlining’

One Crop At A Time: School Farms Target Food Insecurity, ‘Supermarket Redlining’

Torsheta Jackson

Not Another Child: Mother Turns Grief Into Solutions for Gun Violence, Grieving Families

Not Another Child: Mother Turns Grief Into Solutions for Gun Violence, Grieving Families

‘Nobody Ever Chose Him’: Dreams Deferred for Jackson Youth Caught in Violence Cycle

‘Nobody Ever Chose Him’: Dreams Deferred for Jackson Youth Caught in Violence Cycle

DeAnna Tisdale Johnson

TANF

Highlights: Reeves and Presley Debate Abortion, Medicaid, Welfare Scandal, Taxes

Highlights: Reeves and Presley Debate Abortion, Medicaid, Welfare Scandal, Taxes

Heather Harrison

Brett Favre Testimony Pushed Back to December, After Mississippi Elections

Brett Favre Testimony Pushed Back to December, After Mississippi Elections

Brett Favre to Give Sworn Testimony On Mississippi Welfare Scandal

Brett Favre to Give Sworn Testimony On Mississippi Welfare Scandal

ACADEMY STORIES

A space for public conversation on race in the South, including the persisting impact of private academies.

I Offered My Best to a System Not Meant For All the Others I Am by Katrina Byrd

I Never Saw the System by Ellen Morris Prewitt-Myers

It Was On the Back of Black Students by W. Ralph Eubanks

MFP Live: Ellen Ann Fentress

MISSISSIPPI RACE VIOLENCE PROJECT

Unserved Arrest Warrant For ‘Mrs. Roy Bryant’ in Till Case Uncovered in Leflore County

Unserved Arrest Warrant For ‘Mrs. Roy Bryant’ in Till Case Uncovered in Leflore County

FBI Veterans Explain 1955 Investigation of Emmett Till That Never Was

FBI Veterans Explain 1955 Investigation of Emmett Till That Never Was

Nick Judin and Donna Ladd

Deacons for Defense Fought for Black Lives from Donnan’s Barbershop in Natchez

Deacons for Defense Fought for Black Lives from Donnan’s Barbershop in Natchez

Pastoral Scenes of a Gallant South: Lynching Victims Finally Memorialized in Oxford

Pastoral Scenes of a Gallant South: Lynching Victims Finally Memorialized in Oxford

KKK, White Terrorists Targeted Black Noxubee Schools, Teachers to Embed Inequality

KKK, White Terrorists Targeted Black Noxubee Schools, Teachers to Embed Inequality

SOLUTIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI

‘Building an Industry’: Medical Cannabis Investors Focus On Lab Testing For Patient Safety

‘Building an Industry’: Medical Cannabis Investors Focus On Lab Testing For Patient Safety

Heather Harrison

C.O.O.L. Learning: Education Programs Target Social Challenges in Mississippi

C.O.O.L. Learning: Education Programs Target Social Challenges in Mississippi

Michele D. Baker

Entrepreneurs Academy 101 Teaches Skills to Help Participants Launch Their Own Businesses

Entrepreneurs Academy 101 Teaches Skills to Help Participants Launch Their Own Businesses

Learning Garden: Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers Market

Learning Garden: Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers Market

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