More than one in four Mississippi children—including two-fifths of Black children—are living in poverty. It’s the highest percentage in the U.S., […]
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The governor of the country’s poorest state has exhausted all the stereotpyes about poverty. This is his last legislative session before reelection to address the needs of real people.
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While Mississippi’s poverty rate has declined drastically in absolute terms, the state hasn’t kept pace with its neighbors.
