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Bob Hickingbottom Wins Lawsuit To Join Dem Primary For Governor; Party AppealsAshton Pittman
‘This Is Not a Rare Story’: Friends of Jay Lee Seek Truth, Justice for Missing Oxford ManHayden Wiggs
Mississippi State Adds New College For Non-Traditional StudentsHeather Harrison
Indianola Police Officer Shot 11-Year-Old Boy Who Called 911 For HelpAshton Pittman
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Aderrien Murry Family Files $5 Million Lawsuit After Indianola Officer Shot 11-Year-OldAshton Pittman
Attorney Carlos Moore announced Tuesday that the family of Aderrien Murry had filed a $5 million lawsuit against the City of Indianola, Indianola Police Chief Ronald Sampson and Officer Greg Capers. The lawsuit identifies Capers, 61, as the officer who shot Murry.
MFP VOICES
European Hip-hop Artists Challenge Outdated Ideals Of Racial and Ethnic IdentityArmin Langer
Japanese American Soldiers In WWII Fought The Axis Abroad And Racism At HomeSusan H. Kamei
Honest Reporting Matters, From Welfare Scandals to Crime StatsAshton Pittman
Young Mississippi Voters Are Left Out Without Online Voter RegistrationThessalia Merivaki, Leslie Baker and James Chamberlain
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FOCUS: NEWS AND INDEPTH
Mississippi State Adds New College For Non-Traditional StudentsHeather Harrison
Indianola Police Officer Shot 11-Year-Old Boy Who Called 911 For HelpAshton Pittman
‘Raining Inside My House’: Oktibbeha Woman Battles State Farm Over Storm ClaimsHeather Harrison
Unelected Judges Remain Blocked As Federal Judge Considers H.B. 1020Ashton Pittman
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CULTURE
‘A Concert with a Concept’: Jackson Musician Andrew Dillon Leaps into New Stage’s ‘Ring of Fire’Sherry Lucas
‘The Experience We Create’: Three Mississippi Restaurants Rep South in 2023 James Beard AwardsDustin Cardon
‘It’s Therapy’: Jxn Tattoo Soul & Arts Festival Unifies Body-Art Enthusiasts and VendorsAliyah Veal and Malcolm Morrow
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FOCUS: RACE AND RACISM
Eighth of May Celebration Recalls Slavery After Emancipation in ColumbusHeather Harrison
Mississippi-Born Sculptor Memorializes African American Union Troops in NatchezVirginia Sciolino
Unelected Judges Temporarily Blocked in Jackson Amid H.B. 1020 LawsuitsAshton Pittman
Black History Can Save White Folks, Too.Jonathan Odell
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In(Equity) and Resilience: Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19
MFP’s Systemic Reporting Prototype ‘BWC Project’ Wins National AwardMFP Staff
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 Aliyah Veal
‘Nobody Ever Chose Him’: Dreams Deferred for Jackson Youth Caught in Violence Cycle DeAnna Tisdale Johnson
More Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19 Project
TANF
Honest Reporting Matters, From Welfare Scandals to Crime StatsAshton Pittman
Mississippi Is Paying Lawyers TANF Funds to Recover Misspent TANF FundsAshton Pittman
Mississippi Today CEO Apologizes For Saying Phil Bryant ‘Embezzled’ Welfare FundsAshton Pittman
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FOCUS: LGBTQ+
‘This Is Not a Rare Story’: Friends of Jay Lee Seek Truth, Justice for Missing Oxford ManHayden Wiggs
Gulfport Trans Girl Misses Graduation After Refusing To Dress As BoyAshton Pittman
School Can Force Trans Girl to Dress As Boy At Graduation, Judge RulesAshton Pittman
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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
WE ARE MISSISSIPPI VIDEO SERIES
The video series “We Are Mississippi” seeks to share a more balanced view of our community. Mississippi harbors a multitude of talented and innovative individuals and we aim to highlight and share their stories with the World. Brought to you by Strive Till I Rise and partners.
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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
MISSISSIPPI RACE VIOLENCE PROJECT
Unserved Arrest Warrant For ‘Mrs. Roy Bryant’ in Till Case Uncovered in Leflore CountyNick Judin
FBI Veterans Explain 1955 Investigation of Emmett Till That Never WasNick Judin and Donna Ladd
Deacons for Defense Fought for Black Lives from Donnan’s Barbershop in NatchezAliyah Veal
Pastoral Scenes of a Gallant South: Lynching Victims Finally Memorialized in OxfordGrace Marion
KKK, White Terrorists Targeted Black Noxubee Schools, Teachers to Embed InequalityDonna Ladd
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Previous Episodes of MFP Live
January 17, 2023:
Mississippi’s Racial Reckoning
Mississippi’s Racial Reckoning: A Conversation on Reconciliation and Healing with Young Mississippians
January 12, 2023:
Rhea Williams-Bishop and Vondaris Gordon
Rhea William-Bishop, of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and Vondaris Gordon, of the Alluvial Collective, join Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin to discuss WKKF’s 7th annual National Day of Racial Healing.
COVID-19 COVERAGE
Dr. Fauci, CDC, Mississippi Experts Encourage Childhood VaccinesNick Judin
‘Isolation’s Mark’: Pandemic’s Long-standing Effects on Mississippians’ Mental HealthJulie Whitehead
Even After COVID Calm, Mississippi’s Medical System Is ReelingNick Judin
CDC Study Examines Potential Link Between COVID-19 and Pediatric Diabetes, As Experts WarnedNick Judin
With ICUs Full, MSDH Restarts System of CareNick Judin
More COVID-19 Coverage
SOLUTIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI
‘Building an Industry’: Medical Cannabis Investors Focus On Lab Testing For Patient SafetyHeather Harrison
C.O.O.L. Learning: Education Programs Target Social Challenges in MississippiMichele D. Baker
Entrepreneurs Academy 101 Teaches Skills to Help Participants Launch Their Own BusinessesDustin Cardon
Learning Garden: Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers MarketAliyah Veal
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