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Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ Program Promised Millions in Energy Savings for Mississippi Families. Trump Killed It.
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (1001+ words) Clemetine Howard has spent the past year dreaming of bringing affordable solar energy to the Mississippi Delta." Those efforts were suspended in August when the Environmental Protection Agency canceled the program, halting billions of dollars in solar funding bound for…...
Opinion | Black Families Pay More to Keep Their Houses Warm Than Average American Families
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (551+ words) Rising energy costs consume a bigger and bigger chunk of family budgets in the United States. Our research has found that for many African American families, those costs take an extra big bite out of their incomes. This bite, the…...
Editor’s Note | AmeriCorps Is Worth the Cost to Serve the Public
3+ day, 57+ min ago (815+ words) When the Trump administration announced earlier this year that it was pulling funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service'popularly known as AmeriCorps'it was yet another blow to the public service sector and a personal offense to me. AmeriCorps…...
Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death; Police Say Video Exists
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1109+ words) " Read more stories from the Delta Bureau here. Vanessa Jones criticized Delta State University and Bolivar County officials, telling the Mississippi Free Press that both had left the Reed family completely in the dark after the discovery of Trey Reed's…...
Opinion | Many Nonprofits Rely on Federal Funding
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1079+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians The Trump administration, which on Jan. 29 rescinded the memo ordering the funding suspension, has made clear that it may again seek to reduce or eliminate much of the money, totaling several hundred billion dollars, that…...
White House Bars AP Reporter for Not Using ‘Gulf of America’
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (440+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has…...
Immigrant Bounty Hunting Bill Dead, But Fears Live On
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (929+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians A Mississippi lawmaker's bid to recruit local bounty hunters to detain undocumented immigrants died in the Legislature last week, joining a raft of other immigration proposals that failed to make it out of their assigned…...
#MSLeg Roundup: Redistricting, Child Care, Diversity Programs
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1539+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians The Mississippi Legislature must redraw the state House and Senate district maps to create more Black-majority districts after a federal court ruled in 2024 that the maps do not offer Black voters equal participation in the…...
Switching Between Public Schools Would Be Easier Under Bill
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (528+ words) Torsheta Jackson is MFP's education-equity reporter, in collaboration with Report for America. She is passionate about telling the unique and personal stories of the people, places and events in Mississippi. The Shuqualak, Miss., native holds a B.A. in Mass Communication from…...
Editor’s Note | Little Black Girls Are Not ‘Fast’
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1090+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians Although I'm only five chapters into this book that my mom gifted me for Christmas, those pages are underlined, sticky-noted and exclamation-pointed." Hood Feminism examines how the modern-day feminist movement centers women who are already…...