“I know, the song is ‘art,’ and art is supposed to activate the right brain, the one that doesn’t analyze and judge, but here are some left-brain questions: Which small town? And where? In what time of history? And who exactly is ‘our own?'” Richard Conville writes.
“Efforts have been underway to restore Mokuʻula in Lahaina and revitalize its history as a Native Hawaiian sacred place,” Rosalyn R. LaPier writes. “These efforts, however, will be dramatically impacted by the devastation of the Lahaina fire.”
“As an ecologically oriented individual, environmental justice has always been an area of curiosity and passion for me, and Jackson, Miss., is a pronounced example of environmental infrastructure gone wrong,” Worth Wade Wilsey writes.
“It’s my belief that revealing the dark history of medical racism is key to making sure that past injustices do not recur,” Deion Scott Hawkins writes.
“It’s easy to take what we have for granted in our wonderfully diverse and inclusive team but conversations with my colleagues remind me not to do that because, well, not every newsroom has what the Mississippi Free Press has,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
Jonathan Odell writes that HGTV home-rehabilitation show “Home Town” sweeps Laurel’s racist past and gentrified present under the rug.
Former Mississippi art teacher and “Justice for Emmett Till” advocate Sonny Strauss shares his journey of digging into his own ancestry, where he learned that his ancestors were some of the first wealthy, white, slave-owning individuals in Virginia.
“Over the past two decades, a staggering 21.8 million Americans found themselves living within 3 miles of a large wildfire,” Mojtaba Sadegh writes.
“I now realize my superpower and know that ‘It’ was me all along. It’s my journey, my unique experiences and perspective that only I can master and then offer up,” MFP Voices Editor Azia Wiggins writes.
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