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Mississippi Culture

Bill Ferris makes a ‘Visual Journey’ back to the family farm

By Ben Bryant and Lauchlin Fields | September 3, 2016

Ferris’ newest book documents life on his family farm in Warren County, where the people and the land inspired his work as a folklorist.

The Runoff: What We Know So Far

  • Gov. Bryant deflects ‘public hanging’ firestorm, says bringing Trump helped race relations and rails about black abortion
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith blasted for ‘public hanging’ comments; she calls criticism ‘ridiculous’
  • Ep.26: To the Runoff
  • Espy, Hyde-Smith help generate record turnout; mustering similar interest in runoff crucial
  • Mississippi votes: Scenes from Election Day

Complete Senate Runoff Coverage

Dispatches from Mississippi Today

Dispatches from Mississippi Today

Follow our reporters' dispatches around the state as we move toward a Senate runoff on Nov. 27. Click here for the complete series.

The Jungle Podcast

Election Coverage

  • Sen. Blount: Mississippi’s burdensome absentee voting process resembles poll tax
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith blasted for ‘public hanging’ comments; she calls criticism ‘ridiculous’
  • Espy, Hyde-Smith help generate record turnout; mustering similar interest in runoff crucial

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Regional Roundup

  • Child care available for only 23 percent of Mississippi’s infants and toddlers
  • Mississippi lags in computer science grads, teachers
  • Clarion Ledger: Gov. Bryant appoints 5-person lottery board
  • WAPT: Driver’s license offices closing Wednesday in south Mississippi
  • Clarksdale native participates in New York Times photography project

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