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The Mississippi Independent, Alan Huffman, Derrion Arrington, Christopher Harress, Talamieka Brice, R.L. NaveWe're Mississippi journalists objectively covering issues of interest to a progressive audience. Got a tip? Email [email protected]
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Explaining Mississippi’s redistricting moves
As if August in Mississippi wasn’t stressful enough, the state has also decided to start the process of redistricting.
So far it’s been interesting. Three Black legislators—Senate Democratic Leader Derrick Simmons, House Minority Leader R...
Delta lawmaker says the fix is in on redistricting
The state’s redistricting committee brought its third public hearing to the Mississippi Delta on Tuesday, and the first legislator to reach the microphone following the chairman’s opening told the crowd not to expect much from it.
“Nothing...
Pearl River cleanup scheduled for later this month
The group Pearl Riverkeeper will hold its 10th annual cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, focusing on 20 sites from the Pearl River’s headwaters near Philadelphia, Mississippi to the Gulf Coast.
Pearl Riverkeeper is a citizen-based nonpro...
Nolan Wells’s death exposes fault lines in state coroner system
Weeks before Nolan Wells’s autopsy and toxicology results came in, Jackson County’s coroner had already told the public how he believed the 18-year-old probably had died. His comments, made days after he examined Wells’s body on Mississippi...
At second redistricting hearing, DeSoto crowd presses state to redraw maps, take race out of equation
Note: This article contains a correction. A previous version incorrectly identified the location of the meeting as the main campus of Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia. It took place at the college’s DeSoto Campus Ranger...
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Talamieka Brice is a Mississippi artist whose work spans documentary film, writing, photography, and public history, exploring race, memory, justice, and the stories we inherit.
Ryan "R.L." Nave is a veteran journalist with over 20 years of experience as a reporter, editor, newsroom leader and media consultant. He is the former editor of Mississippi Today and worked at the Jackson Free Press.
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