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

    Commentary: Why I joined the nationwide fast food strike

    The average fast food worker in Mississippi earns less than the poverty line and receives few benefits or protections.

    By Cajania Brown
    November 20, 2015
  • Commentary

    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.

    By Brock Grosso
    January 21, 2014

William Winter institute. All rights reserved. 2015.