Historian and author Keri Leigh Merritt visits with MFP co-founders Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd.

In this episode, Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin of the Mississippi Free Press speak with Rob Hill, Mississippi State Director of the Human Rights Campaign.

In this episode of MFP Live, editor Donna Ladd and publisher Kimberly Griffin speak with Dr. Anita Henderson. Dr. Henderson is the president of the Mississippi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has been extremely vocal about COVID-19 and the effects it has on children especially during this fourth wave that is sweeping through Mississippi.

Dr. Henderson is a Mississippi State and UMMC Grad, along with completing her pediatrics training at Vanderbilt University. She has been serving the Hattiesburg area for over twenty years as a pediatrician at The Pediatric Clinic at the Hattiesburg Clinic.

Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin talked to Jackson native Maisie Brown, a college student, activist, MFP advisory board member and Youth Program Director at the Institute for Democratic Education. Brown helped organize the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Jackson after the death of George Floyd. Attendance soared, and the show of force from young people in Mississippi helped encourage the state Legislature to remove the previous state flag with its Confederate emblem.

In a special breaking-news episode, Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin discuss the recent increase in COVID-19 infections and hospital admissions with State Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. Dr. Dobbs answers reader questions about safety, education, sports, family gatherings, vaccinations and much more.

Award-winning author, Jackson native and University of Mississippi professor Kiese Laymon visit with MFP's Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd to talk about growing up in Mississippi, finding his voice and success as an author, and what institutions like the University of Mississippi need to do to serve all of its constituents.