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    Miss. Sen. John Horne says “we continue to devalue Black lives” with the overwhelming amount of cruel and unusual sentencing happening in Mississippi prisons. Here, concerned citizens unite and protest to bring awareness to those sentenced unfairly to life without parole. Image courtesy of Asia Allen/MCIR.
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    PART OF: Poverty and the Pandemic in Mississippi

    Supreme Court Says Life Without Parole Should Be Rare for Juveniles—But It’s Not Rare in Mississippi

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    Jerry Mitchell
    Grantee
    November 19, 2020
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    A padlock notice is taped to the door of an apartment, whose tenant was unavailable for comment, in late August in Raleigh, N.C. Image by Casey Toth. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Charlotte's Black Residents

    ‘I Don’t Think We’ve Seen the Worst.’ Housing Instability Exacerbates COVID-19 for Thousands

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    Melba Newsome
    Grantee
    November 13, 2020
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    Abdi Nor Iftin in front of the U.S. flag. Image by Leo Hornak. United States, undated.
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    PART OF: Migrants and Refugees Experience American Racism

    Coming to America: It's Not Like the Movie

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    Francesca Bentley
    2020 Reporting Fellow
    November 12, 2020
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    Pepper Holder sit in his SUV in front of one of the entrances to the old Koppers Tie Plant in Carbondale, Illinois on August 24, 2020. Image by Amelia Blakely. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: A Tale of Two Brownfields in the Midwest

    One Friendship Leads to an Overdue Wake-Up Call

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    Amelia Blakely
    2020 Reporting Fellow
    November 2, 2020
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    Photo of my great grandfather meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Image courtesy of C. Zawadi Morris. United States, undated.
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    PART OF: The COVID-19 Writers Project (C19WP)

    C19WP Foreword

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    C. Zawadi Morris
    Grantee
    October 29, 2020
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    Mike Bishop video chats in Byram, Miss., with his wife, Bonnie Bishop, who is hospitalized 40 miles away, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. He's hoping she'll be back by Thanksgiving. Image by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: Looking For America

    Road Trip: In Mississippi, Love in the Time of Coronavirus

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    Multiple Authors
    October 29, 2020
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    Jamaica Ray is well known as the man who plays steel drums in front of the iconic century-old Crown Candy Kitchen. Image by Sylvester Brown Jr. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: 63106: The Struggle to Survive the Pandemic in St. Louis' Most Vulnerable Neighborhoods

    Street Artist and Musician Keeps It Tropical

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    Sylvester Brown
    Grantee
    October 28, 2020
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    Polls open at the Lake Charles Civic Center on the first day of early voting with short wait times and clear social distancing measures following the “perfect storm, storm, storm” of disasters—a pandemic followed by back-to-back hurricanes. Image by Katie Sikora. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: How Louisiana Communities Are Navigating Hurricane Recovery During a Pandemic

    After Hurricanes, It’s Harder Than Ever for Lake Charles’ Black Residents To Cast a Ballot

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    October 23, 2020
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    A portrait of James Chaney is seen on the headstone of his grave in Meridian, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Chaney was one of three civil rights activists that was kidnapped by a deputy sheriff and local Klansmen, and driven to a narrow country road and shot at close range. Their bodies, buried in an earthen dam, were found 44 days later. Image by Wong Maye-E / The Associated Press. United States, 2020.
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    PART OF: Looking For America

    AP Road Trip: In Mississippi, Black Voters Face Many Hurdles

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    Tim Sullivan
    Grantee
    October 22, 2020
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    Beverly Jones's heart is with her neighborhood — even when she can't be there. Image by Denise Hollinshed. United States, undated.
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    PART OF: 63106: The Struggle to Survive the Pandemic in St. Louis' Most Vulnerable Neighborhoods

    Fighting to Breathe — and to Breathe Life Into Her Community

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    Denise Hollinshed
    Grantee
    October 21, 2020
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