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Editor’s Note | You Helped Us Identify 70+ Juneteenth Events in Mississippi. Find One Near You.
MFP Calendar Events Editor Liam Pittman thanks readers for contributing more than 70 Juneteenth events happening across the state. Our events calendar can help you find one to attend.
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Editor’s Note | Even Jim Crow Is ‘Colorblind’ Now Under This Supreme Court. I Am Not.
News Editor Ashton Pittman argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act “relies on feigned colorblindness to racist systems,” enabling even Jim Crow-style policies to flourish.
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Opinion | Courts Continue to Attack Black Voting Rights in the South
Lakeisha Hood Moïse and Kamilah A. Pickett write about the fallout of Louisiana vs. Callais and what will come next for voting-rights activists.
Opinion | Federal Cuts Threaten to Stretch NOAA to Its Breaking Point
Brian Tang writes about why investing in hurricane forecasting technology is worth the cost.
Opinion | Americans Must Continue Striving Toward Liberty
Andrew Bell writes how a visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, two decades ago has him reflecting on America’s meaning as it approaches its 250th birthday.
Editor’s Note | From Trusted Elections to UM Emails, Systemic Journalism Makes Real Change
MFP CEO and Executive Editor Donna Ladd writes about how “systemic reporting drives everything we do” at the Mississippi Free Press. “That’s why I coined the phrase for this kind of fearless reporting of what other media don’t or won’t touch,” she explains.
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Opinion | Pope Leo XIV Compares AI to the Industrial Revolution
Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Leo XIV’s writings on artificial intelligence and what concerns Leo shared about the industry’s effect on society.
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