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Mound Bayou Food Clinic Provides Healthy Fruits and Vegetables, Fights Food Scarcity
Taborian Farmacy Food Clinic in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, offers fresh fruits and vegetables to residents in an effort to offer healthier options in the food-scarce Mississippi Delta. Marquitrice Mangham, CEO and founder of In Her Shoes, Inc., and Tallahatchie County native, opened the grocery store in a renovated storage container.
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Jackson Water Authority Bill’s Future in Doubt Amid Mixed Reception
Serious skepticism exists about a proposed authority that if created will eventually take over Jackson’s beleaguered water and wastewater systems. Without a greater consensus, the bill creating the authority is likely dead.
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Artist in Residence | ‘It’s My Therapy’: Courtney Lipscomb, Wood-Burning Schoolteacher at Florence Middle
Courtney Lipscomb, an art instructor at Florence Middle School and a Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi member, practices and teaches wood-burning, the art of searing images onto wood.
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Editor’s Note | ICE’s Disregard for Human Life Echoes America’s Bipartisan Racist History
Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards writes that ICE has done serious harm to citizens and noncitizens alike.
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Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 108 Honors for MFP Team, 8 for YMP, Since 2020
As of July 25, 2025, our team is up to 108 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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