Expecting adults to file more book challenges in the 2023-24 year, a group of Nixa High School students have organized to fight against restrictions on any...
The national battle to restrict and remove controversial books from public schools spiked sharply during the 2022-23 year and Missouri was, once again, in the thick...
Deborah Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, spoke to attendees at Drury University on advancing racial justice in the nation.Archer was the first speaker...
“A third-party vote is a vote for Donald Trump.”With 2023 ending, I’m eagerly awaiting the deluge of text messages, social media posts, and phone calls browbeating...
Arguing that Missourians who donated to a left-leaning media watchdog nonprofit may have been misled, state Attorney General Andrew Bailey has waded into a recent controversy...
Douglas Bridge in Juneau in December 2018. (Photo by David Purdy/KTOO) Juneau’s Systemic Racism Review Committee has flagged legislation for the first time since its creation...
This is Part 3 in the MFP’s Mitchell family series for the Rural News Network. Read Part 1 and Part 3. Warning: This essay contains detailed...
The nearly 14 million people of color who live in rural America face unique challenges that run the gamut — from navigating racism in real estate,...
For the last nine years, Juanita Davis has worked to give hope to people diagnosed with HIV and to get Black people in Jackson talking about...
JACKSON, Miss.—In early October, Mississippi Democratic candidate for governor Brandon Presley crisscrossed Jackson, shaking hands and taking selfies as he courted residents in the nearly 83%-Black...
