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Meet Morgan Freeman: The Oscar-winning actor who gave up harvesting honey and turned his 124-acre ranch into a safe haven for bees

While millions know Morgan Freeman for his iconic voice and award-winning performances, the Hollywood legend has also become an unlikely champion for one of the planet's smallest yet most important creatures. Concerned by the global decline in bee populations, Freeman transformed his 124-acre ranch in Charleston, Mississippi, into a sanctuary…

The Times of India · Jul 20

How America’s newspapers lost their voice

Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 1963 lambasting the racist White Citizens Councils in the Lexington Advertiser, a newspaper she owned.

The Conversation · Jul 20

Black teen found dead after July 4 boat trip to be remembered at funeral led by the Rev. Al Sharpton

Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old who was found dead after a July 4 boat trip with his friends to a Gulf Coast island, will be remembered Monday in Mississippi

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Mississippi woman was allegedly in a controlling relationship. She only realized it when a neighbor invited her to a double date: ‘That’s not normal’

'that interaction that gave me the guts to leave him.'

We Got This Covered · Jul 13

Xavier Nolan Wells death update: 'Why our baby didn't come home,' grieving parents ask after teen's mysterious death during July 4 boat trip tragedy

Xavier Nolan Wells death: Nolan Xavier Wells, an eighteen-year-old college football player, disappeared during a boat trip. His body was later discovered on an uninhabited Gulf Coast island. His family questions the official explanation and seeks a transparent investigation. Prominent figures are supporting the family's quest for answers. An independent…

The Economic Times · Jul 11

A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-old's death and a family's search for answers in the Deep South

A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

The Independent UK · Jul 11

Parents of Mississippi teen who died on July 4 trip beg for information as lawyer says ‘it’s not adding up’

The family believes text messages from social media apps had been deleted from his phone when they got it back, and they plan to employ experts to try to receive all the data they can

The Independent UK · Jul 10

Family of Mississippi teen who died after July 4 trip call for transparency, deeper investigation

The family of a Mississippi 18-year-old who was found dead after a July 4 boat trip with friends to an island off the Gulf Coast called for a deeper investigation and for greater transparency at a news conference Friday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and noted civil rights attorney Ben…

The Independent UK · Jul 10

This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable

The Magnolia Mother’s Trust is the first to target low-income families led by Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi

The Guardian - US · Jul 10

Mom Of Nolan Wells’ Friend, Who’s Also A Judge, Reveals Why He Was Allegedly Left Behind On Island

18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells was last seen “talking to a girl” on Horn Island, located 10 miles off the coast of Mississippi.

Bored Panda · Jul 9