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Economics
Health
Justice
Society
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Commentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric
LaToya Faulk, Jennifer Jackson, Amber Nichols-Buckley, & Sarah Bartlett Wilson
My Mississippi: Delta Dojo
Michael Copperman
Pre-K study shows that Mississippi kids succeed when given a chance
Jake McGraw
Read the fine print on special education vouchers
Jeremy Eisler, Mississippi Center for Justice
Commentary: How to make $60,000 when schools are underfunded
Jake McGraw
Mississippi leads south in black student suspensions
Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report
Subcategories:
Pre-K
School Discipline
Special Education
Commentary: Mississippi does not have a state lottery. Let’s keep it that way.
Jake McGraw
Why doesn’t Mississippi have a lottery?
Jake McGraw
Mississippi’s SNAP Trap
Joel Dillard, Scalawag Magazine
Commentary: Why I joined the nationwide fast food strike
Cajania Brown
To rebuild after a storm, focus on building assets before it hits
Matt Williams, Mississippi Center for Justice
Pre-K study shows that Mississippi kids succeed when given a chance
Jake McGraw
Subcategories:
Budget
Child Well-Being
Economic Development
Jackson
Lottery
Opportunity
Poverty
The Sad State of Opportunity
Workers' RIghts
Healthy food, healthy children, healthy future
Mississippi Economic Policy Center
Mississippi’s unfilled prescription
Mississippi Center for Justice
Mississippi’s leaders thought welfare recipients were on drugs. They were wrong.
Matt Williams, Mississippi Center for Justice
Op-Ed: Toasting the demise of SB 2767
Natalie A. Collier
To reduce unplanned pregnancies, focus on older teens and young adults
Jamie Bardwell, Women's Foundation of Mississippi
These are the countries with lower infant mortality rates than Mississippi
Jake McGraw
Subcategories:
Food
Food Security
Healthcare Reform
Medicaid Expansion
Teen Pregnancy
If you watch only one online video today, make sure it’s this one
Jake McGraw
‘The Rule of Law’: An immigration attorney’s response to Gov. Bryant’s comments on unaccompanied minors
Mississippi has changed since Freedom Summer. The struggle for justice and equality has not.
Jake McGraw
Reducing racial disparities in our prisons: What can Mississippi learn from other states?
Jennifer Kirby-McLemore
Racial disparities in incarceration are getting worse. It’s time Mississippi took notice.
Jennifer Kirby-McLemore
Subcategories:
Prisons
My Mississippi: The state flag is racist – and unoriginal
Taylor McGraw
Commentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric
LaToya Faulk, Jennifer Jackson, Amber Nichols-Buckley, & Sarah Bartlett Wilson
My Mississippi: On being black and ready to die
Caleb Herod
My Mississippi: Reading Ms. Welty after HB 1523
Douglas Ray
My Mississippi: A setback and a sigh
Alex Beene
Mississippi leads south in black student suspensions
Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report
Subcategories:
Faith
LGBTQ Equality
Politics
Race & Racism
Race Relations
Sex & Identity
Sports
Symbols
My Mississippi: A setback and a sigh
Alex Beene
Love it or leave it?
Jake McGraw
LeBron is going home. Mississippians should, too.
We all love Mississippi, so why don’t we like living here?
Jake McGraw
Mississippi must develop educated cities to achieve sustainable growth
Neil White
Should Mississippians hunt deer or rabbits? What game theory can tell us about brain drain
Neil White
Analysis
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.
By
Megan McRaney
February 4, 2014
Analysis