AnalysisMississippi’s leaders thought welfare recipients were on drugs. They were wrong.
Mississippi has screened 5,578 TANF applicants for drug use since August. Only eight (0.14 percent) have tested positive.
By Matt Williams, Mississippi Center for Justice
CommentaryCommentary: Will Gov. Bryant’s poverty plans ever go beyond ‘welfare junkies’ and ‘dice-shooting deadbeats’?
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.
By Jake McGraw
LiveblogTackling persistent poverty in Mississippi: Ideas from the Mississippi Economic Policy Center’s policy conference
Folllow our running feed to get the best insights and ideas from the Mississippi Economic Policy Center's 2014 conference.
By Rethink Mississippi Staff
AnalysisLBJ 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.
By Jake McGraw