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Molly Minta covers higher education for Mississippi Today. She works in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization focused on investigating higher education. Originally from Melbourne Beach, Florida, Molly reported on public housing and prosecutors in her home state and worked as a fact-checker at The Nation before joining Mississippi Today. Her story on Mississippi's only class on critical race theory was a finalist for the Education Writers Association National Awards for Education Reporting in 2023 in the feature reporting category.

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Alcorn alumni ask university to respond to allegations of widespread issues on campus

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University of Mississippi, Mississippi State and Delta State drop mask mandates

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‘We are undeterred’: How Mississippi’s oldest HBCU responded to the bomb threats 

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‘Farewell mother, farewell my queen’: Family remembers Lucy Harris in emotional ceremony 

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Inside Mississippi’s only class on critical race theory

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Mississippi HBCUs receive bomb threats on first day of Black History Month

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Funeral service for Lusia “Lucy” Harris set for Feb. 5

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Jackson State faculty denounce CRT legislation

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Mississippi universities got millions in pandemic relief. It’s hard to know how they spent it. 

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USM President Rodney Bennett to step down

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Anti-CRT bill passed out of Senate committee likely unconstitutional, opponents say

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Some Mississippi borrowers will benefit from $8 million student loan settlement

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Mississippi continues to give financial aid to students who can already afford college, report shows

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‘Everybody is getting it’: Anxiety high as colleges start spring semester

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