Candidate Questionnaire: Alden Johnson, 4th Congressional District Libertarian

Alden Johnson is a Libertarian candidate for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo.
‘Recovering From Implicit Bias’: Top Health Officer Long Defended Confederacy

Dr. Daniel Edney told the Mississippi Free Press that his letters in defense of the Confederacy represented the perspective of a “young man with … very little experience of the real world, and a very limited knowledge of how others felt,” and that “over the last 20 to 25 years, God has placed me on a different path.”
Candidate Questionnaire: Jerry Kerner, 2nd Congressional District Democratic Primary

Jerry Kerner is a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District, a seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, on June 7, 2022.
Candidate Questionnaire: Ron Eller, 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary

Ron Eller is a candidate in the Republican Party primary for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District on June 7, 2022.
Future COVID-19 Booster Shots May Need Fresh Formulations As New Variants Emerge

“As SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve and is likely to become endemic, it is possible people may need periodic booster shots for the foreseeable future,” Immunologist David R. Martinez writes. “I suspect scientists will eventually need to update the COVID-19 vaccine to take on newer variants, as they do for flu.”
Candidate Questionnaire: David Sellers, 4th Congressional District Democratic Primary

David Sellers is a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo, on June 7, 2022. The Mississippi Free Press sent the following questionnaire to all Mississippi congressional candidates prior to the June 7 primaries. We are are presenting the answers as we […]