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Donna Ladd

Donna Ladd is a journalist who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. Read more reporting on race, policing and social justice at donnaladd.com.

July 2020

  • US-POLITICS-RACISM-HISTORY-FLAG<br>Members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Honor Guard retire the state flag outside the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi on July 1, 2020. - Mississippi’s flag, the last US state banner to feature a Confederate emblem, was permanently retired Wednesday when it was lowered from the state’s capitol and removed from the grounds. The move comes one day after Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill ordering the rebel-themed flag’s removal, which comes in the wake of coast-to-coast protests over the police killing of African American George Floyd in May. (Photo by Rory Doyle / AFP) (Photo by RORY DOYLE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Mississippi's racist state flag has finally come down. Now the real work begins

    Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd
    There’s no time for self-congratulation. We must keep working to root out white supremacy across this state and this nation

March 2019

  • Chera Sherman-Breland’s parents kicked her out when she was 18 because she fell in love with a black man.

    The white women who flipped: the price of changing your conservative views

    In Mississippi, being a conservative white woman is embraced and those who turn from those beliefs risk abuse, rejection or public humiliation

December 2018

  • momFinal

    My mother learned to read at 63 - she was still the smartest woman I know

    It didn’t take education or money for my mama to feel compassion, to reject prejudice and hatred. She taught me to feel empathy, and I cherished it

October 2018

  • Bartender Krista Hinman grew up a racist, she now admits openly. She now speaks out loudly in Mississippi against white supremacy, systemic racism and the Confederate flag.

    The white southerners who changed their views on racism

    In a follow-up to our piece on US southerners’ views on race, we talk to people about their racial miseducation

September 2018

  • Closeup of child's hands with lots of colorful pencils. Kid preparing stationary and student stuff. Back to school concept<br>Closeup of child's hands with lots of colorful wax crayons pencils. Kid preparing stationary and student stuff. Back to school concept

    Are you a well-meaning white parent who perpetuates racism?

    Sociologist Margaret A Hagerman, who studies the role white families play in racial inequality, discusses the delusion of ‘colorblindness’ and racial divides

August 2018

  • Roslyn Stuart is an employee at Flag Heads in Seminary, Mississippi. The store specializes in Confederate flag-themed merchandise.

    Pride and prejudice? The Americans who fly the Confederate flag

    A listening tour in Mississippi asks flag supporters why they still support a symbol that represents pain, division and difficult history

April 2018

  • Simon City Royals by Donna Ladd

    Dangerous, growing, yet unnoticed: the rise of America's white gangs

    White gangs are less covered by the media and less punished – even though 53% of gang members in Mississippi are white

June 2015

  • Black cop

    Life as a black cop: caught between love for the NYPD and the people they serve

  • Cops in Flatbush

    Inside William Bratton's NYPD: broken windows policing is here to stay

April 2015

  • hillary iowa all smiles

    A female president would be cool, but I’m not sold on Hillary Clinton yet

    Donna Ladd
    The feminist establishment has declared her our candidate. However, many of the same women once chose politics (and Bill Clinton) over sisterhood

July 2014

  • thad cochran voters

    Forget Super Pacs. 2014 is already the totally corrupt year of the mini-Pac

    Donna Ladd
    Donna Ladd: In suddenly microcosmic Mississippi, white establishment Republicans and black businessmen control the midterm election narrative. So does their money

June 2014

  • thad cochran mississippi campaign

    Thad Cochran's run-off win is a victory for pork, not a racially diverse GOP

    Donna Ladd in Jackson
  • Chris McDaniel, Mississippi

    The Mississippi primary? Frankly, my dear conservatives, I don't give a damn

    Donna Ladd in Jackson, Mississippi
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