Donna Ladd

Donna Ladd writes on former Gov. Haley Barbour’s redirection of federal low-income Katrina housing funds to other projects, despite residents’ needs.

Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.

We don’t need “a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy,” Donna Ladd writes.

The Mississippi Supreme Court today reversed the capital conviction of Michelle Byrom and ordered a new trial with a different circuit judge.

Donna Ladd reflects on the times she discovered the hidden racist pasts of institutions and towns that did all they could to downplay that history.

Well, the Clarion-Ledger edit-boyz have finally come so full circle on their ridiculous support of Melton and their horrendous reporting on him during the campaign and over the years. Today they published a dramatic editorial starting out:

For the moment, I am withholding comment on the Clarion-Ledger’s new series about Jackson (that took two years, more than a year or nine months depending on where you were reading on the section’s front page). Meantime, though, I’d love to hear any comments about their effort to win a Pulitzer Prize from you readers […]

The man who placed the "attack ad" on Tony Yarber says Chokwe A. Lumumba had nothing to do with it.

The 1894 Mississippi flag, with the Confederate battle emblem as its canton, represents much more than an antiquated piece of cloth.

"When you get into this crazy business for the express purpose of having positive impact, you make it happen no matter what and find people who share the same drive to help you."