25 Mar Mississippi Must Take Advantage of New Stimulus Package Incentives to Expand Medicaid Now

Posted at March 25, 2021 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

Linda Dixon is the health law director for the Mississippi Center for Justice, a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice. Supported and staffed by attorneys and other professionals, the Center develops and pursues strategies to combat discrimination and...

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15 Mar Mississippi Lawmakers Indifferent to Reality

Posted at March 15, 2021 in Blog, In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

By Vangela M. Wade, President and CEO of Mississippi Center for Justice   [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo: Barbara Gautt, Clarion Ledger[/caption] It’s been four weeks since Jackson experienced an historic winter storm. When the weather warmed, decrepit water and sewer pipes across the city began to burst....

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16 Feb Fair Housing Act Protections Officially Extended to LGBTQ Individuals

Posted at February 16, 2021 in Blog, In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

In 2019, Mississippi Center for Justice Housing Law Attorney William Bedwell received a call from Raciella Edgar, an African American transgendered woman of Cuban descent living in a mobile home park in Gulfport, Mississippi. The property manager had discriminated against Edgar by repeatedly telling her...

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07 Jan FAQ About The Second Stimulus Payment

Posted at January 07, 2021 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

If you owe child support, your check can't be garnished  Under the CARES Act, stimulus money could be seized by state and federal agencies to cover past-due child support. However, your second stimulus check can't be taken if you owe money for child support. This change with the new...

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29 Dec Unprecedented Challenges Require Extraordinary Actions

Posted at December 29, 2020 in Blog, In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

 It's been an extraordinary year! I can assure you that MCJ has fought for the most vulnerable Mississippians throughout this unprecedented health and economic crisis. Our work is testament to our conviction. Fighting difficult battles and overcoming insurmountable odds is what we do in Mississippi....

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07 Dec The Pandemic’s Top Challenges for Mississippians are Food Insecurity and Childcare

Posted at December 07, 2020 in Blog, Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

Based on a survey of Supplemental Nutrition Act Program (SNAP) recipients in Mississippi this fall by the SouthStrong campaign, the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) found that the pandemic’s top challenges for Mississippians have been food insecurity and childcare issues.  SEAP’s report recognizes that government...

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19 Sep A Tribute to RBG

Posted at September 19, 2020 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

Irin Carmon: And when the time comes, what would you like to be remembered for? RBG: Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a...

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04 Sep Spread a Spirit of Service – 15 Years After Katrina

Posted at September 04, 2020 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

Early one foggy fall morning in 2005 an attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice walked up to the entrance of the brick office in Biloxi and saw to his surprise a group of young people apparently waiting for him at the door. “Hello, and...

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03 Sep Foster a Resilient Recovery – 15 Years After Katrina

Posted at September 03, 2020 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

Hurricane Katrina’s powerful surge swept casino barges onto highways, upended bridges, and inundated areas untouched by any prior storm, making the point with sheer brute force that status quo precautions no longer were adequate. As Mississippians emerged from shelter to face a new reality, the...

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02 Sep Plant a Flag of Equity – 15 Years After Katrina

Posted at September 02, 2020 in Blog by Mississippi Center for Justice

As the devastation of Hurricane Katrina became clear to the public, a popular saying took hold: the storm was “an equal-opportunity destroyer.” What this phrase neglects is the fact that this storm struck a profoundly inequitable society shaped for generations by Jim Crow law. For...

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