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Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration

The story that created a national dialogue on school segregation, then and now.

Making ‘Black Voters Matter’ in the Deep South

Reporter Ko Bragg travels with women through the Mississippi Delta working to inspire voting

End Near for Racist Politics in Mississippi?

We unpack more than 50 years of toxic race politics in Mississippi and the U.S.

Young People Are Still Fired Up in Mississippi to Bring Change

A 17-year-old activist says many people nationally are wrong about what is going on in Mississippi politically.

The JFP Interview with Mike Espy

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy talked issues with Ashton Pittman. His opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, declined an interview.

The Lies Scientific Racists Told About Jackson’s Children

The Citizens Council, based in Jackson, published lies about the inferiority of African Americans for decades. It also ran whites-only academies.

EDITOR'S NOTE: GOP Leaders, Stop Disrespecting Black Mississippians

Editor Donna Ladd's letter to GOP leaders about decades of political racism.

Gov. Phil Bryant Calls Abortion ‘Black Genocide’' in Defense Hyde-Smith

Gov. Phil Bryant said black women are committing "genocide" when they get abortions in a bizarre defense of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's "hanging" remark.

Hyde-Smith’s ‘Public Hanging’ Quip Bombs in State with Most Lynchings

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith created a firestorm with her remark about "public hangings" as she faces off against black opponent Mike Espy.

How Personhood Failed in Mississippi

A Personhood initiative, which went far beyond banning abortion, failed in Mississippi. Who brought it down?

The Antar Era: 365 Days of Building a ‘Radical’ Foundation

Jackson's youngest mayor, now 35, assumed his official duties on July 3, 2017, and since then, he has been on a determined-but-rocky mission, as the world looks on.

Busting Chris McDaniel's Confederate Myths

Reporter Ashton Pittman picks apart Sen. McDaniel's revisionist history

McDaniel on Morning Joe: Black Mississippians 'Begging' for Scraps

On NBC's Morning Joe, Sen. Chris McDaniel drew boos for saying black Mississippians beg for government help.

Of Lakes and the Pearl River: A JFP Archive

More than a decade of JFP coverage of flooding and lake plans for the Pearl River

'No More Damming on the Pearl River"

The Gulf Restoration Network has an an online interface where opponents of "One Lake" can submit comments.

I Want Justice, Too: Re-opening KKK Cold Cases in Mississippi

Investigation by Donna Ladd and Kate Medley of 1964 murders that sent an old Klansman to prison

Developments at the Jackson Zoo

A collection of stories about the Jackson Zoo and the west Jackson neighborhood around it.

Project EJECT Expels Gun Offenders to Faraway Prisons

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Project EJECT is a controversial blast from the past.

Gangs in Mississippi

How Mississippi pursues people believed to be in gangs.

Never Back Down: Mississippi Escalates War on Gangs

A proposed gang bill was not based on current evidence-based violence research. It died in the Legislature.