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The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Magnolia and memories: Reflecting on America’s only lynching memorial

Maha Uddin March 27, 2025
After experiencing the museum, Montgomery felt different. My class was silent. Nobody cared to crack any jokes. The air even started to smell different — like rotting garbage, reminiscent of the Southern Magnolia that Billie Holiday sung about decades prior. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Heartland: Compassion at the crossroads of inequality in Clarksdale, Mississippi

Maxwell Pociask February 23, 2022
Clarksdale, a small town in Mississippi teeming with musical history, is a perfect example of the remarkable communities and historical challenges overlooked by urban America.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Roe v. Wade could soon be overturned — regardless, medical schools must recognize the important role of abortion in healthcare

Editors February 3, 2022
In a setting like medical school, where the purpose is to give students the information they need to care for patients, an individual's morals may not be the higher priority. 
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Political leaders are sabotaging democracy with barriers to voting

Luca Becker October 29, 2020
While the people and governments of the United States champion the democratic value of voting, voter suppression has plagued this nation since its founding.
Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Anna Stroinski March 11, 2018

On Feb. 22, teachers across West Virginia went on a nine-day strike. Schools were closed. Students stayed home. Twenty thousand teachers and 13,000 school service personnel marched with pickets, chants...

Lessons from the Left: GOP tax plan will bleed the moderately rich

Lessons from the Left: GOP tax plan will bleed the moderately rich

Anna Stroinski November 17, 2017

It’s no secret that the Republican tax plan is going to be a bad deal for the lower and middle classes. But what’s really weird about it is that it’s a bad deal for the moderately rich too — i.e....

EDITORIAL: Birth control for female inmates an issue of education, not economics

EDITORIAL: Birth control for female inmates an issue of education, not economics

Editors November 4, 2015

The Nashville, Tennessee, news program WSMV 4 ran an investigative segment Monday that looked at “corruption, misuse of taxpayer dollars, criminal activities, scams and dangers to the Middle Tennessee...

EDITORIAL: Official state books are a step too far

EDITORIAL: Official state books are a step too far

Editors April 17, 2015

As of late, it seems controversy regarding religion has become significantly more prominent in the media. While this topic of conversation generally stems from reports regarding religious intolerance of...

EDIT: On Extinguishing Shame

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

There is a candidate in the Vicksburg, Miss. mayoral race with a backstory most people would never discuss. On Wednesday, Linda Fondren revealed her history as a “working girl” in a television interview...

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