Holmes County Principal Antwayn Patrick, featured in “Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are?),” teaching race history, talks to Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd.
Freelance journalist and teacher Torsheta Jackson talks about what she learned reporting on systemic disparities that limit educational resources and opportunity in Noxubee County, where she grew up.
Azia Wiggins of the MFP and DeAnna Tisdale Johnson of the Jackson Advocate speak with co-founders Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd about the “Black Women and COVID” joint project between the two publications.
Filmmaker Keith Beauchamp talks to MFP co-founders Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd above his work on race violence cases and his upcoming feature: “Till.”
Jarvis Dortch, Executive Director of the ACLU of MS, talks to MFP co-founders Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd about issues affecting Mississippi civil liberties.
Cliff Johnson, director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi, sits down with Kimberly and Donna to talk about the criminal justice system.
Donna Ladd and Nick Judin sit down with Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba to discuss Jackson’s water and infrastructure problems, as well as potential solutions.
March 11, 2021: Dr. Nina Washington & Dr. Kimberly Smash
Dr. Nina Washington and Dr. Kimberly Smash sit down with MFP’s Publisher Kimberly Griffin and Editor Donna Ladd to discuss how COVID is affecting the Black community and some of the solutions to take on those challenges.
Michelle Duster, great-grandaughter of Ida B. Wells, visits with MFP’s Publisher Kimberly Griffin and Editor Donna Ladd about her great-grandmother’s legacy.
Donna Ladd and John McGee of the Mississippi Free Press speak with Scott Colom, district attorney for Lowndes County. They conversation covers innocent people on death row, issues with drug arrests and many other topics.
Donna Talks with Kabir Karriem, a Mississippi representative from Columbus, Miss. Rep. Karriem has a passion for criminal justice reform, medical reform and a host of issues to address poverty and opportunity in the state.
Donna talks with Charlie Butts, who was one of the editors of the original Mississippi Free Press, a Civil Rights-era newspaper with multiracial staff and management that become one of the largest weekly papers in the state of Mississippi.
Donna talks with Heather McTeer Toney, the senior director of Mom’s Clean Air Force, an environmental nonprofit. Toney has previously served with the EPA under the Obama Administration. She was the first Black mayor (and first woman mayor) of Greenville, Miss.
December 3, 2020: Black Women and Covid-19 Project Members
Donna talks with Azia Wiggins, Kimberly Griffin and DeAnna Tisdale Johnson about the Black Women and COVID-19 project that the Mississippi Free Press and the Jackson Advocate are partnering to publish.
Donna talks with Christopher Freeze about trauma-informed policing and leadership. Freeze is the former FBI Agent in Charge for Mississippi and former head of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, now a leadership coach and speaker.
Donna talks about the election with Teresa Jones, a young Mississippi political operative who was the political director for Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign in Mississippi.
