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Heather Spencer: Did She Have to Die?
Ronni Mott looks deeply at the failures that led to Heather Spencer's second vicious attack that killed her.
Bearing Witness
Ronni Mott writes about her reckoning with her father's past fighting for Hitler in the Third Reich and the lessons for today.
Michelle Byrom on Death Row: Ronni Mott's Investigation
Ronni Mott's investigation of Michelle Byrom's murder case helped free her from death row in Mississippi. Other media followed her viral coverage.
OPINION: COVID-19 Plan Needs Oversight, Lessons from Katrina
In 2010, Reilly Morse helped bring a $132-million settlement after funds were diverted from low-income housing to a port in Gov. Haley Barbour's Hurricane Katrina recovery plan. That's a lesson for now, he argues.
COVID-19: Can Mississippi Imitate South Korea?
Reporter Nick Judin takes a deep dive into South Korea's approach to reducing COVID-19 cases and how it does, and does not, compare to Mississippi.
Fallout of Tate Reeves’ Executive Order: Department Store Roulette, Scared Associates
Some associates are scared because the governor's original executive order created a gray area for department stores and shopping centers it did not explicitly call "essential" but were still exempt from social-distancing requirements.
COVID-19 Information Mississippians Need
Read breaking coverage of COVID-19 in Mississippi, plus safety tips, cancellations, more in the JFP's archive.
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.
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.
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.
Men, It's Time to Solve Sexism
Men, women haven't been put on this planet to meet our needs or coddle our egos.
The JFP's Work on Public Transparency
The Jackson Free Press has been long dedicated to public accountability, access to records and open meetings. Here's our full archive. (Image courtesy National Press Foundation)
Abortion and Reproductive Rights in Mississippi
A collection of stories on reproductive rights in the state and Mississippi's only abortion clinic.
Joe Biden's Praise for Segregationists Spans Decades
Harris took aim at Biden, not only for his recent praise for the "civility" that segregationists like Eastland and former U.S. Sen. Herman Talmadge of Georgia showed him, but for his efforts to kill the program that integrated her school.
Mississippi 2019 Elections
Read stories about Mississippi's upcoming 2019 election, including the gubernatorial election.
Let's Talk Jackson Politics Podcast
Issues-focused election podcasts with Hinds County, legislative and statewide candidates focusing on substance over partisan horse-race politics.
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