Rethinking the Week, March 22 ? March 28
Here?s what we thought about this week, the 10,242nd in Mississippi state history.
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The ACA offers working Mississippians a long-overdue raise. State leaders should embrace it.
The Affordable Care Act could correct an imbalance in the tax code and improve working Mississippians’ financial security… if the state’s leaders would just get out of the way.
Rethinking the Week, March 15 ? March 21
A weekly aggregation of the ideas and issues that stuck with us. This week: Mississippi writers talk about life and literature in the state, and the uninsured are still skeptical of the ACA as the enrollment deadline approaches.
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Supporting Mississippi’s young men of color: A conversation with William Buster of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The director of WKKF’s Mississippi and New Orleans programming speaks about President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, the challenges unique to young black and Latino men, and what success will look like in Mississippi.
Only 6% of uninsured Mississippians have gotten covered through healthcare reform. What gives?
The rejection of Medicaid expansion and mistrust among the uninsured have depressed enrollment.
Here’s (pretty much) everything you need to know about SB 2681
Is it about religious freedom? Is it about LGBTQ discrimination? We cover all of that in our primer on the most controversial bill of the legislative session.
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Op-Ed: My “Sincerely Held Religious Belief”
SB 2681 sanctions discrimination in the name of religious freedom. Lex Rofes of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life explains why his religious beliefs have led him to oppose the bill.
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Gov. Bryant’s embrace of telemedicine ignores the bigger picture
If Gov. Bryant was serious about improving treatment and prevention for diabetes, he would not have rejected the federal Medicaid expansion or banned local regulations on nutrition.
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Life and irony at Ole Miss
UM’s first black female student body president encountered racism at the university, but she also learned the meaning of love and compassion.
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Announcing two Mississippi initiatives promoting LGBTQ rights and dignity
LGBT Forward and OUTLaw’s symposium at the UM Law School will bring Mississippi closer to ending discrimination based on sexual difference.
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