The story that created a national dialogue on school segregation, then and now.
Reporter Ko Bragg travels with women through the Mississippi Delta working to inspire voting
We unpack more than 50 years of toxic race politics in Mississippi and the U.S.
A 17-year-old activist says many people nationally are wrong about what is going on in Mississippi politically.
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy talked issues with Ashton Pittman. His opponent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, declined an interview.
The Citizens Council, based in Jackson, published lies about the inferiority of African Americans for decades. It also ran whites-only academies.
Editor Donna Ladd's letter to GOP leaders about decades of political racism.
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.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith created a firestorm with her remark about "public hangings" as she faces off against black opponent Mike Espy.
A Personhood initiative, which went far beyond banning abortion, failed in Mississippi. Who brought it down?
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.
Reporter Ashton Pittman picks apart Sen. McDaniel's revisionist history
On NBC's Morning Joe, Sen. Chris McDaniel drew boos for saying black Mississippians beg for government help.
More than a decade of JFP coverage of flooding and lake plans for the Pearl River
The Gulf Restoration Network has an an online interface where opponents of "One Lake" can submit comments.
Investigation by Donna Ladd and Kate Medley of 1964 murders that sent an old Klansman to prison
A collection of stories about the Jackson Zoo and the west Jackson neighborhood around it.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Project EJECT is a controversial blast from the past.
How Mississippi pursues people believed to be in gangs.
A proposed gang bill was not based on current evidence-based violence research. It died in the Legislature.