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Shows Sammy Moon with LGBTQ Fund volunteers

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‘It Makes Us Feel Human’: LGBTQ Fund Fights for a Mississippi ‘Without Alienation’

LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi founder Sammy Moon considered moving away with his partner amid a raft of anti-LGBTQ legislation, but decided to stay and use his experience in philanthropy to make it a better place. The fund envisions a Mississippi in which “all LGBTQ Mississippians will live safely, openly and without alienation”—the opposite of Moon’s own experiences growing up.

Ashton Pittman and Clay B. Morris July 2, 2020

University of Mississippi Confederate statue

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‘Southern Soil Was Invaded’: UM Rebel Statue, Dedicated to White Supremacy, Moving Across Campus

IHL voted June 18 to move the University of Mississippi’s beleaguered rebel statue, after years of efforts by students and others with much less reverence for the Confederacy than Charles Scott and the women who erected the statue to celebrate the “lost cause” of white supremacy.

Christian Middleton June 19, 2020

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Feeding Local: Mississippi CSAs, Farms Beacons of Light During COVID-19 Pandemic

“I wanted to be able to sell to somebody like me when I was younger. I live in the middle of a 1,000 acres of cattle, and I was having to go to Walmart myself and buy the crappy meat,” Jaclyn Rogers of Honestly Beef says. “I wanted to be able to sell to the local people, not just the restaurants or the people who had the money to buy a whole cow.”

Aliyah Veal June 15, 2020

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‘You White People Don’t Get It’: Mississippi’s Long, Ugly Road to Changing Its State Flag

Mississippi lawmakers are once again contemplating retiring the 1894 flag, which voters opted to keep in that 2001 referendum by a 2-to-1 margin.

Ashton Pittman June 11, 2020

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Two Men, One Divide: The 2015 Police Shooting of Ricky Ball in Columbus, Miss.

Officer Officer Canyon Boykin shot and killed Ricky Ball in Columbus, Miss., in 2015. Attorney General Lynn Fitch dropped the charges.

John McGee June 5, 2020

Leah Davis, a small Black child with yellow ribbons in her hair, stands in front of her father’s casket in June 2017. She is wearing a white graphic t-shirt with a photograph of her father in the center with pink candy stains around her collar.

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A Petal Police Officer Killed Marc Davis in 2017. His Family is Still Demanding Justice.

In 2017, Marc Davis called 911 because he was injured after a car accident. Shortly after, a Petal, Miss., police officer shot him three times, killing him. His family wants answers.

Ashton Pittman May 29, 2020

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MDOC Nominee Burl Cain’s Colorful Past: Lions, Black Panthers and Baptists

MDOC nominee Burl Cain’s controversial past includes the case o the Angola Three, one of whom spent longer in solitary confinement under Cain than any other prisoner in U.S. history.

Ashton Pittman May 22, 2020

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Grocery Shopping While Black: Fighting Food Insecurity in Mississippi During COVID-19

JACKSON, Miss.—Stephany Brown used to have a wide variety of grocery-store options to choose from in south Jackson but not any longer. The Kroger on

Aliyah Veal May 16, 2020

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Jackson Mayor’s Open Carry Ban ‘Exploited’ Pandemic, Bipartisan Critics Say

Republican and Democratic leaders in Mississippi are accusing Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba of using the COVID-19 crisis to ban open carry without due deference to the law.

Ashton Pittman April 29, 2020

Category: In-Depth

‘It Makes Us Feel Human’: LGBTQ Fund Fights for a Mississippi ‘Without Alienation’

‘Southern Soil Was Invaded’: UM Rebel Statue, Dedicated to White Supremacy, Moving Across Campus

Feeding Local: Mississippi CSAs, Farms Beacons of Light During COVID-19 Pandemic

‘You White People Don’t Get It’: Mississippi’s Long, Ugly Road to Changing Its State Flag

Two Men, One Divide: The 2015 Police Shooting of Ricky Ball in Columbus, Miss.

A Petal Police Officer Killed Marc Davis in 2017. His Family is Still Demanding Justice.

MDOC Nominee Burl Cain’s Colorful Past: Lions, Black Panthers and Baptists

Grocery Shopping While Black: Fighting Food Insecurity in Mississippi During COVID-19

Jackson Mayor’s Open Carry Ban ‘Exploited’ Pandemic, Bipartisan Critics Say

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