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Here’s What We Know About What’s at Stake for 2SLGBTQ+ Rights Across Indian Country
December 24, 2025
As the first year of Trump’s second turn comes to a close and 2SLGBTQ+ rights remain under attack, Native leaders urge communities to support their trans and Two-Spirit relatives.
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Why Women Now Lead 6 of 8 Pulpits in Red Hook, Defying a Male-Dominated National Trend
December 22, 2025
Bucking national trends, Red Hook has become a rare place where women lead six of eight Christian congregations. In this six-part series, The Daily Catch explores not only how that happened what brought them to ministry.
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Texas Democratic candidates unite in the Rio Grande Valley to court Latino voters
December 18, 2025
State Rep. James Talarico faces an uphill battle in his U.S. Senate bid while 15th Congressional hopeful Bobby Pulido aims to flip the district, but he must first win his primary.
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Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold
December 15, 2025
Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township.
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Hispanic population thrives in one small SD town
December 08, 2025
As diversity in rural areas increase, community members have come together to provide services that benefit those who speak Spanish as their primary home language.
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From bake sales to big checks, this is how the tiny town of Gordonsville raised millions for a new swimming pool and park
December 05, 2025
Until recently, the future of the pool — and the park — was uncertain. The pool was crumbling and outdated, but fixing it would be a dauntingly expensive task for the town of 1,400 people.
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Delta barn where Emmett Till was slain is bought as a ‘sacred site’
November 24, 2025
The injustice of the killers getting away with murder helped propel the modern civil rights movement.
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Lisa Draine hopes that in 20 years, co-ops will flourish in central Virginia
October 28, 2025
After her daughter was injured during the Unite the Right protests in Charlottesville in 2017, Lisa Draine committed herself to racial justice work.
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Carolina del Norte aprueba nuevo mapa del Congreso que redefine distrito competitivo a favor de los republicanos
October 22, 2025
Debido a que el cambio afecta al distrito 1, que consiste mayormente de votantes afroamericanos, se espera que los críticos presenten demandas. El argumento es que el mapa diluye el poder del voto de esta comunidad.
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Are We Prepared for Another Natural Disaster in Western North Carolina?
October 17, 2025
Twelve months after Helene, the voices of Latino leaders reveal a contrast: the experience brought lessons, but also the certainty that another hurricane would find the region vulnerable.
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Timeline: Trey Reed’s Hanging Death at Delta State University
October 14, 2025
As rumors swirl on TikTok, X, Facebook and other social media platforms that the second autopsy uncovered evidence of foul play, the Mississippi Free Press publishes a fact-check, noting that the autopsy results still have not been finalized.
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The Black Women Driving a Food Revolution in Rural Mississippi
September 29, 2025
From grocery stores to food distribution services, Black women are leading efforts to feed their communities.
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Black Student Found Hanging at Delta State. Police Say No Foul Play.
September 16, 2025
A Black college student who was found hanging from a tree on his school’s campus in Mississippi was not the victim of foul play law enforcement officials said, countering online speculation that he was the victim of a lynching.
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Mississippi Blues Elders Are Still Here. This Festival Is Making Sure You Hear Them.
September 05, 2025
In the birthplace of the blues, Clarksdale Mayor Orlando Paden keeps his father’s legacy and festival alive.
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The Army Took Their Land. Decades Later, This Black Community Still Wants It Back.
September 04, 2025
Today, Harris Neck is a 2,824-acre peninsula preserved by the federal government in rural McIntosh County, Georgia, about 30 miles south of Savannah. But for generations it was a land maintained by the Gullah Geechee.
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