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Editor’s Note | My Mother’s Legacy Lives in My Work

by Torsheta Jackson August 29, 2025February 16, 2026

Systemic and Education Editor Torsheta Jackson discusses her upbringing in a home filled with love and purpose that influences her work today.

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Eliminating Mississippi’s Income Tax a Priority, House Republican Leaders Say

by Emily Wagster Pettus and Associated Press September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

Person of the Day | Jeffery Simmons: Tennessee Titan Giving Back to Home

by Torsheta Jackson August 2, 2023June 11, 2024

Editor’s Note | Meet Torsheta Jackson: A Reporter Mississippians Need, Deserve

by Donna Ladd May 1, 2023February 16, 2026

One Crop At A Time: School Farms Target Food Insecurity, ‘Supermarket Redlining’

by Torsheta Jackson April 1, 2022June 11, 2024

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Co-ops Stepping In to Solve Rural Internet Inequity in Noxubee, Nearby Counties

by Torsheta Jackson December 10, 2021June 11, 2024

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How and Why: Behind the Scenes of the ‘Black Women, Systemic Barriers, COVID-19’ Project

by Donna Ladd November 1, 2021June 12, 2024

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KKK, White Terrorists Targeted Black Noxubee Schools, Teachers to Embed Inequality

by Donna Ladd October 29, 2021November 20, 2025

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White Flight in Noxubee County: Why School Integration Never Happened

by Donna Ladd October 29, 2021January 21, 2026