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“What happens in Mississippi does not stay in Mississippi, and the Magnolia State is not the outlier that many who only ever offer sneers and derision for our state and our people would like to think,” Ashton Pittman writes.
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Madison County Library System saying he will no longer withhold payment. McGee had previously withheld $110,000 in library funding due to issues with what the mayor called sexual content in certain books.
MFP publisher and co-founder Kimberly Griffin encourages all Mississippians to face our turbulent history and keep telling the truth to make sure we don’t repeat the past. Today, Mississippi seems to take two steps forward, and one step back. But moving forward incrementally is still progress.
Mississippi Free Press’ contextual and follow-up coverage of D’Monterrio Gibson’s allegations about Brookhaven men shooting at him is an example of how impactful journalism should work. The goal is not a “scoop,” Editor Donna Ladd writes.
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