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Meridian Schools No Longer Under Federal Supervision Stemming from 1965 Desegregation Lawsuit

Meridian Schools No Longer Under Federal Supervision Stemming from 1965 Desegregation Lawsuit

Torsheta Jackson

Mississippi Courts Won’t Say How They Provide Lawyers for Poor Defendants

Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

‘Unsung Heroes’ of 2022 Water Crisis Reflect on First Anniversary

Shaunicy Muhammad

Alternate-Route Education Programs Target Mississippi’s Teacher Shortage

Torsheta Jackson

FEATURED

Six-Week Abortion Bans Like Mississippi’s Are ‘A Terrible Thing,’ Trump Says

Six-Week Abortion Bans Like Mississippi’s Are ‘A Terrible Thing,’ Trump Says

Ashton PittmanSeptember 19, 2023

Laws banning abortions after six-weeks of pregnancy like Mississippi’s so-called fetal “heartbeat” law are “a terrible mistake,” former President Donald Trump said over the weekend.

MFP VOICES

Southaven Officers Cleared in Ismael Lopez’s Shooting Death, Saga Ends with No Accountability

Southaven Officers Cleared in Ismael Lopez’s Shooting Death, Saga Ends with No Accountability

Studying Whiteness, Poli Sci and Humanity Changed My Path, Shaped Publications

The Raise Mississippi Initiative’s Vision For Strong Public Schools

The ‘Nones’ Are A Powerful Force In Politics—But Not Yet A Coalition

FOCUS: NEWS AND INDEPTH

‘Unsung Heroes’ of 2022 Water Crisis Reflect on First Anniversary

‘Unsung Heroes’ of 2022 Water Crisis Reflect on First Anniversary

Shaunicy Muhammad

Alternate-Route Education Programs Target Mississippi’s Teacher Shortage

Alternate-Route Education Programs Target Mississippi’s Teacher Shortage

Torsheta Jackson

Infant Deaths Rise In Mississippi, The Deadliest State For Babies

Infant Deaths Rise In Mississippi, The Deadliest State For Babies

Heather Harrison

New Jackson Parks Director Has Felony Record For Promoting Prostitution

New Jackson Parks Director Has Felony Record For Promoting Prostitution

Shaunicy Muhammad

CULTURE

Emmett Till’s Legacy Honored At ‘Till’ Screening Panel Confronting Modern Racism

Emmett Till’s Legacy Honored At ‘Till’ Screening Panel Confronting Modern Racism

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Accepts 22 Mississippi Changemakers into Third Community Leadership Network

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Accepts 22 Mississippi Changemakers into Third Community Leadership Network

Torsheta Jackson

Jackson Volunteers Clean Illegal Dumpsite on Water Crisis Anniversary

Jackson Volunteers Clean Illegal Dumpsite on Water Crisis Anniversary

Torsheta Jackson

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

Fact Check: Reeves Claims Presley Called All USM Supporters ‘Corrupt’

Fact Check: Reeves Claims Presley Called All USM Supporters ‘Corrupt’

Kiden-Aloyse Smith

Gov. Reeves’ Brother Helped Brett Favre Coordinate Welfare Repayment, Texts Show

Gov. Reeves’ Brother Helped Brett Favre Coordinate Welfare Repayment, Texts Show

Ashton Pittman and William Pittman

Brett Favre Will Remain A Defendant In Welfare Lawsuit, Mississippi Supreme Court Rules

Brett Favre Will Remain A Defendant In Welfare Lawsuit, Mississippi Supreme Court Rules

FOCUS: LGBTQ+

Author of Mississippi Trans Care Ban Concedes GOP Primary Amid Criticism For State Flag Vote

Author of Mississippi Trans Care Ban Concedes GOP Primary Amid Criticism For State Flag Vote

Fabian Nelson Will Be Mississippi’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker After Runoff Victory

Fabian Nelson Will Be Mississippi’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker After Runoff Victory

Marion County Public Library Restricts ‘Heartstopper’ Books To Adults After Complaints About ‘Homosexuals’

Marion County Public Library Restricts ‘Heartstopper’ Books To Adults After Complaints About ‘Homosexuals’

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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