Commentary: The University of Mississippi’s latest ‘incident’ brings both pain and illumination
The desecration of the James Meredith statue goes to show that while the university has been desegregated, the work of integration is unfinished.
Reducing racial disparities in our prisons: What can Mississippi learn from other states?
The bipartisan sentencing reform bill moving through the Legislature does not address racial disparities. That’s a serious omission.
Why Mississippians need national health insurance (and no, that doesn’t mean Obamacare)
By selling health insurance at the state level, places like Mississippi have fewer options and higher costs.
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Mississippi has the worst hunger rate in the country. Why do we make it so hard to get food assistance?
More than 20 percent of Mississippians — and nearly 30 percent of children — do not have consistent access to nutritious food. The latest cuts to food assistance programs are a step in the wrong direction.
To give children opportunity, help single working moms
Over one in three Mississippi children grow up below the federal poverty line. More than 75 percent of those kids live in homes with a single mother.
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Commentary: Don’t change the seal. Change the flag.
Now that the Governor and Legislature want to add “In God We Trust” to the state seal, let?s have a conversation about the symbol that most needs to be changed.
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Commentary: Politico, Phil Bryant, and the Positive Mississippi reflex
Politico Magazine ranked Mississippi as America’s worst state. Gov. Phil Bryant’s rebuttal did nothing to disprove it.
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Op-Ed: Creating a truly “fair” workers’ compensation system
The Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance advocates for workers’ compensation reforms that puts the needs of workers first.
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Mississippi must develop educated cities to achieve sustainable growth
Economic research shows that Southern cities benefit the most from increasing concentrations of skilled workers. Mississippi needs to catch up.
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Should Mississippians hunt deer or rabbits? What game theory can tell us about brain drain
Mississippi is stuck in a bad equilibrium that gives its educated young people little incentive to stay.
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