Publisher’s Note | Building A Diverse Newsroom Is Simple, But Takes Work
Publisher Kimberly Griffin celebrates winning the Poynter Institute’s inaugural Robert McGruder Diversity Leadership Award.
Publisher Kimberly Griffin celebrates winning the Poynter Institute’s inaugural Robert McGruder Diversity Leadership Award.
David. H. Moskowitz praises our legal system and its key players who are fighting to protect democracy after Donald Trump’s recurring words and actions.
Joseph B. Atkins shares coffee and conversation with Navajo poet Jake Skeets, the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence at UM.
“The scientific evidence for climate change being real is so strong that if a candidate were to deny the basic science of climate change, some moderate voters might wonder whether to trust that candidate in general,” Matt Burgess writes.
“As a scholar of the Bible and ancient Judaism, I believe Passover is a particularly poignant time to recognize the tragedies of the past year and offer hope for the future, Samuel L. Boyd writes.
The urge to balance the unbalanceable with both-sides reporting that obscures the truth misunderstands the role of journalism.
“Many of the significant health disparities and inequities Hispanic communities in the United States face are tied to a long history of health injustice in the Hispanic world,” Margaret Boyle writes.
Jonathan Sharp writes that PFAS contamination in drinking water disproportionately affects communities of color in Mississippi.
Amy Bogue writes that legislators must work together to fully expand Medicaid to support Mississippi’s health-care providers, hospitals and patients.
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