EDUCATION NOTES from our Campaign Director Jeremy Eisler Recently, MCJ was approached by the mother of a legally blind child. The child’s doctor had told her he needed a vision evaluation, and would probably require special educational services. When the Mom told the doctor she could not...
Not very long ago, the shortage of affordable rental housing was only a concern of those living in the dense population centers of the East and West Coasts. Unfortunately, rising rents and declining household incomes are now crippling low and moderate- income renters here in Mississippi. Meanwhile,...
The Equifax data breach that occurred earlier this month is said to have affected 143 million U.S. customers which is about 44% of the population. A data breach is an incident in which sensitive, protected or confidential data has potentially been viewed, stolen or...
The stigma of HIV has robbed countless individuals the freedom to exercise their legal rights. Perhaps more devastating, the stigma surrounding HIV has prevented individuals living with HIV from knowing the legal protections afforded to them after experiencing discriminatory conduct. In our great country, we...
Watching, along with the rest of America, the catastrophic flooding in Houston, my heart goes out to the people of South Texas as they confront the immediate aftermath of this disaster. Every affected individual captured by the television camera has his/her own unique story. And...
We need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is the agency standing up to the big Wall Street firms, banks and predatory lenders on behalf of individual consumers like you and me; however, the pro-consumer agency is constantly under attack for being successful...
Mississippi is one of many states in the country with laws that criminalize HIV. Mississippi has the 9th highest HIV diagnosis rate in the United States, and the city of Jackson has the 4th highest rate of new HIV infections in the country. Criminalizing HIV perpetuates...
Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction against Mississippi House Bill 1523, the discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation challenged in Barber v. Bryant, the federal lawsuit brought by MCJ. The people of Mississippi deserve better and so, we plan to continue to fight...