Jackson Free Press

27/01/2025

OPINION: "Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling has stirred up a storm of reactions," Anjana Susarla writes.

Anjana Susarla shares research that examines Meta’s past model of fact-checking teams and its new approach of user-generated moderation.

27/01/2025

"Mississippi’s constitutional convention of 1890 was held for no other purpose than to eliminate the n–ger from politics. Not the ‘ignorant and vicious’, as some of the apologists would have you believe, but the n–ger.” James K. Vardaman said.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi's Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies.

27/01/2025

President Trump is reversing his predecessor's efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways—communities that are often largely Black, Latino and low-income.

Trump is reversing his predecessor's efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution, which are largely Black, Latino and low-income.

24/01/2025

“I’ve long wondered what I would do if our nation bowed fully to hate and our democracy started its descent,” Donna Ladd writes, “but I know now that whatever we can do to right the ship must start with connecting with others.”

“Real information is a form of chemotherapy that can kill the cancer, so the bigots forbid and censor historic facts,” Donna Ladd writes.

24/01/2025

“Young people are starting to be a little bit more engaged—and not just engaged, but actually running for stuff,” Montgomery told the Mississippi Free Press on Jan. 6. “We're no longer waiting around for other people to make change happen.”

Luis Montgomery aims to help Mississippi Democrats run for local offices through his work for the state’s Democratic Party.

24/01/2025

President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of FEMA" as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term.

President Trump says he's considering "getting rid of FEMA” and letting states “take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes,” echoing Project 2025.

24/01/2025

Mississippi State Auditor Shad White told Republican state senators that they should have asked him to testify about the Mississippi welfare scandal long ago during a heated hearing.

Mississippi State Auditor Shad White told state lawmakers they should have asked him to testify about the Mississippi welfare scandal long ago.

24/01/2025

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23/01/2025

"If better academic outcomes are our goal, our best bet is to continue investing in our public schools, which recently have earned Mississippi glowing national press due to gains in reading and math proficiency," Jim Barksdale writes.

Jim Barksdale explains why he believes Mississippi should move on from its attempts at “school-choice” legislation.

23/01/2025

Trump's executive orders cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

23/01/2025

“Brick-by-brick, wall-by-wall, this racist system has to fall,” dozens of attendees from activist groups chanted as they marched from the Mississippi Capitol to the governor’s mansion in downtown Jackson.

Activists marching in Jackson raised their voices against Project 2025, in support of environmental justice and against billionaire control.

22/01/2025

"When used to explain differences between populations, genetic essentialism discounts the role that structural biases – inequities deeply ingrained in how systems operate – play in individual differences," Shoumita Dasgupta writes.

Shoumita Dasgupta, a genetics writes on how politicians use racist genetic research are to justify biased immigration policies.

22/01/2025

"You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," the Right Rev. Mariann Budde told Trump.

President Trump demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on LGBTQ+ people and immigrants.

22/01/2025

Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, which says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson condemned President Donald Trump’s attempt to repeal the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.

21/01/2025

"Incarcerated individuals in Mississippi often perform labor without fair compensation. While some states offer nominal wages for prison labor, Mississippi’s policies often mean no pay at all," Pauline Rogers writes.

Pauline Rogers writes on Mississippi’s low median salary and why incarcerated individuals should be included in bridging the wealth gap.

21/01/2025

President Joe Biden issued a pardon for U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and others who served on the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol to avoid revenge prosecutions by Trump.

Rep. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney say they're grateful President Biden pardoned them "not for breaking the law but for upholding it."

21/01/2025

The City of Jackson is offering an array of financial literacy courses to help residents understand how to manage the costs of student loans, home ownership and more, City of Jackson Neighborhood Services Division Manager Dr. Robbie Sparkman Smith said.

The City of Jackson is offering free classes on wealth management, home ownership and understanding how student loans impact finances.

18/01/2025

A blast of frigid Arctic air is expected to sweep across the United States early next week, bringing unseasonally cold weather and possible snow or other winter precipitation to Mississippi.

A blast of frigid Arctic air is expected to sweep across the U.S., bringing unseasonally cold weather and possible snow to Mississippi.