21 Feb

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On February 20, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision striking down a controversial Mississippi law that would have outlawed almost all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected -- which generally occurs at six weeks of pregnancy. The lower court’s...

19 Feb

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S.B. 2257 jeopardizes Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF—health care, food, and economic lifelines for Mississippi's most vulnerable children and families. Two weeks ago, Mississippi officials were arrested for stealing millions of TANF funds meant to help Mississippi's most vulnerable children and families. Yet lawmakers are responding by taking aim at low-income Mississippi...

03 Feb

Posted at February 03, 2020 in In the News by

We the Action recently recognized MCJ’s response to the August 7, 2019, ICE raids in central Mississippi as the organization’s third most popular public project of 2019.  We are deeply grateful to We the Action and to the attorneys nationwide who have so generously volunteered to...