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We are anticipating contentious elections in the fall of 2026 and throughout 2027. With so many people running for so many different seats, it can be incredibly difficult to sift through the noise and understand what is on the ballot. We believe that a confusing ballot shouldn’t stop you from having a voice. That is […]
Mississippi is losing its young, educated residents. The stakes couldn’t be higher: communities that lose their brightest minds face economic slowdowns, a high degree of loneliness, and crumbling infrastructure. It’s a crisis. Yet too few people are doing anything about it. In 2025, we launched a first-of-its-kind scientific survey to get to the bottom of […]
Mississippi’s history with the ballot has often been written in the shadows of Jim Crow. Now, Mississippi lawmakers are preparing to redraw voting districts following the Supreme Court’s 2026 shift on the Voting Rights Act. We cannot wait until the maps are finalized to ask questions. Mississippi Today is launching a deep-dive, data-driven project to […]
Big tech is quietly buying up land and power across Mississippi to build massive AI data centers. But who really bears the environmental and public health costs? And are local communities getting a meaningful say in their own future? This isn’t just a tech story. It’s an environmental justice story and a government accountability story. […]
