Breaking the Cycle: Education must become Mississippi’s top economic development priority
Low educational achievement accounts for more than half of the income gap between Mississippi and the rest of the country.
State of Stagnation: Mississippians born at the bottom are likely to stay at the bottom
A groundbreaking study on economic mobility found that those born in poverty in Mississippi rarely have the opportunity to break out.
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Slicing the Pie: Mississippi’s economy puts the few ahead of the many
In the first of a three-part series, Matt Williams of the Mississippi Center for Justice argues why Mississippians should be concerned about rising income inequality.
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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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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.
LBJ launched the War on Poverty 50 years ago today. These maps show how poverty in Mississippi has changed since then.
While Mississippi’s poverty rate has declined drastically in absolute terms, the state hasn’t kept pace with its neighbors.
Mississippi’s child poverty rate is twice as high as Lithuania’s. Why are we OK with that?
Over one in three Mississippi children grow up in households under the federal poverty line. That’s higher than any developed country in the world.
Looking for opportunity in Mississippi? Check out this map
Mississippi’s “Opportunity Index” has improved in the past two years but still ranks near the bottom nationally.
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