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RAND: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Lives in a Bubble of White Privilege

Conservative Fred Rand argues that Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith furthers negative stereotypes of Mississippi .

RAND: The State Flag Must Go

A long-time member of the Sons of the Confederacy argues that the Mississippi state flag must be changed.

God Save the Governor: Phil Bryant, Brexit Soldier

Phil Bryant is not the first Mississippi governor to actively support a state's efforts to secede from a union. But he is the first to so actively involve himself in a U.S. ally's own secession plans.

Running While Black—Dem AG Nominee Reveals Privilege, Ghosts Faced in Race

Jennifer Riley Collins, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi attorney general in 2019, challenges her own party to do better.

Mississippi Democratic Party Needs to Overhaul Strategies, Outreach, Diversity

Donna Ladd writes that Angie Thomas is leaving Mississippi—and calls for Mississippi Dems to truly invite all voices to the table going forward.

White Supremacists Caught at Emmett Till Memorial Making Propaganda Film

Read Ashton Pittman's breaking story and see video of white supremacists scurrying away from the Emmett Till marker when alarms went off.

News Wars: The Rise and Fall of The Clarion-Ledger

Valerie Wells charts the history of The Clarion-Ledger from virulent racism, to a period of glory, back to darker corporate-journalism days under Gannett ownership.

Dive Into the JFP Documents Morgue

We dig for the documents you deserve to see. Poke around years of material in our morgue.

Dossier: Donna Ladd Eye on Mississippi

Read the Jackson Free Press editor's weekly report on government and media accountability in Mississippi.

Dossier: Donna Ladd Eye on Mississippi

Read the Jackson Free Press editor's weekly report on government and media accountability in Mississippi.

Dossier: Donna Ladd's Eye on Mississippi

Read the Jackson Free Press editor's weekly report on government and media accountability in Mississippi.

Behind Mississippi's Higher Ed Curtain

Follow the controversies inside Mississippi's universities, the money behind them and the controversies inside the Institutions of Higher Learning.

Of Breast Cancer and the Warrior's Life

Donna Ladd's post that revealed her breast cancer and set ground rules for what happened next.

Ending Breast Cancer Disparities

Read more about disparities in treatment and prevention on the Susan G. Komen website.

Men, It's Time to Solve Sexism

Men, women haven't been put on this planet to meet our needs or coddle our egos.

Media: Horse-Race Election Reporting Signifies Nothing

With horse-race reporting, Mississippi media buries candidates who want to focus on real issues.

A History of Education Funding in Mississippi

JFP coverage of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program

The Fight for Family Goes On

After the Obergefell decision, Mississippi’s leaders "made sure to let us know we are still beneath the religious elite," Rev. Brandiilyne Mangum-Dear said. "We may have acquired marriage that day (in 2015), but we certainly didn't get equality."

JFP Reporting on Police Shootings and Excessive Use of Force

An archive of impactful journalism on the problems with policing in Mississippi

Mississippi Lobbyists, Associates in Thick of Trump’s Ukraine-Russia Web

Donna Ladd and Nick Judin wrote an explainer on the Mississippi connections to the Trump impeachment inquiry.