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I’ve got to listen today. Will be a very interesting one.


I’m listening!


I launched the player but I hear nothing. Oh well.


I’m finished with this after I tell y’all this: Nobody naw give you no break Police naw give you no break Soldier naw give you no break Not even you children naw give you no break Why did you have to act so mean don’t you know. Bad boy, bad girl, what you gonna do.


Ya got to download their player or just click use other player and select yours. Good points about how many more problems this City faces with this administration.


Is it recorded? Danno – Night owl just woke up


I tried to get it on the radio but couldn’t. My “Bad Boy” lyrics were meant for the other thread on Melton.


When will the podcast fron 4/27 be available on the Web site?

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippiโ€™s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.