Donna Ladd

MFP CEO and Executive Editor Donna Ladd writes about how “systemic reporting drives everything we do” at the Mississippi Free Press.

Donna Ladd criticizes Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and Ghislaine Maxwell as examples of women who have held other women back through action and inaction.

MFP Executive Editor Donna Ladd and News Editor Ashton Pittman will speak with Lincoln Project co-founder Stuart Stevens on voter diversification.

Donna Ladd writes that 2025 has been a good year. Despite the ongoing challenges, there is plenty to be thankful for.

Donna Ladd writes about the failure to break the cycles of crime and violence using evidence-based methods that help young people succeed.

Donna Ladd writes about rejecting “sensational, episodic, bleeds-it-leads crime coverage” in favor of solutions.

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.

A major issue that has emerged in Mayor Frank Melton's determination to carry weapons anywhere he goes is whether or not he is endangering the lives of young people. He is arguing that he is under constant threat from drug dealers and gang members, and says that members of the Wood Street Players are out to kill him. Thus, he says, he needs to carry his guns to protect him and his entourage in the case of a shoot-out.