Our newest editor @trjackson.bsky.social, just published her first editor’s note, and it’s just wonderful, heartbreaking and inspiring. For the record, I knew wanted Torsheta to help lead the MFP when I lured her from teaching into full-time journalism a couple years back. Here we go. 💜

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BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi. This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org. We ditched X for BlueSky early this year. And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof. I don't know what we'll do next. Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.

Project 2025 is coming to fruition. As @trjackson.bsky.social reported in @mississippifreepress.org BEFORE the 2024 election: www.mississippifreepress.org/project-2025...

⭐Y'all congratulate the newest @mississippifreepress.org editor! I told the team meetup yesterday that @trjackson.bsky.social is our new Systemic and Education Editor directing in-depth systemic journalism along with her continuing stellar education work. www.mississippifreepress.org/listings/ite...

Graduating seniors will no longer have to pass a U.S. history state assessment after the Mississippi State Board of Education voted on June 19 to eliminate the requirement beginning in the fall. buff.ly/6nmB5d5

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This rocks!!!! I’m so proud of the work of our award-winning Youth Media Project!!!! Check out their work on jxnpulse.com.

DRUM ROLL🥁 Meet our 8th (!) @mississippifreepress.org reporter (and our 3rd concurrent Report for America corps member!) Jaylin will lead our new bureau in her native Mississippi Delta. Thank you, RFA for supporting our journalism vision and growth. www.reportforamerica.org/members/jayl...

“If they don't cure it and there is a second violation or subsequent violations, then the State Department can withhold part of (that district’s) student funding formula until there's a certification by either court or the AG that they're back in compliance with the House bill,” Erin Meyer said.

Midtown Partner’s Farm to Community initiative has served nearly 400 underserved elementary and middle school students and more than 2,000 Jackson residents since its start, distributing hundreds of pounds of vegetables. Now, the program is under threat from Trump’s funding cuts.

Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, received threats after the school hosted U.S. House Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat and fierce critic of President Donald Trump, as the keynote speaker for the historically Black college’s graduation ceremonies on Sunday.

The Mississippi Valley State University band’s invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration has sparked an uproar for the historically black institution.

"Raising the next generation of educated voters is a duty which falls on all of us, and we are appreciative of those educators who make this commitment," Secretary of State Michael Watson said.

Poll workers at Mississippi’s Tougaloo College turned would-be student voters away because they did not move their registration to a campus address.

JSU made major efforts to engage young voters this election cycle. It worked.

Both teacher and student are recovering well. So glad I got to meet this family and teacher.

Kimberly Griffin writes about the perspectives Youth Media Project student journalists shared over the summer as they reported on the 2024 election.

Mississippi College will change its name and drop its football program after the current season, the board of the private institution announced Monday.

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