COVID-19 is taking a tragic toll on Americans across the country and here in Mississippi. People are struggling to access adequate testing and treatment for the disease. Many have died. Americans are losing jobs left and right. Small businesses are scrambling to stay afloat. Incarcerated...
The Mississippi Center for Justice’s Housing Campaign successfully secured $95,000 in settlements for victims of housing discrimination at a Gulfport trailer park. The investigation, led by Staff Attorney William B. Bedwell, resulted in MCJ filing five separate Fair Housing Discrimination Complaints on behalf of the...
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...
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...
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...
Court Allows Public Charge Restriction The Trump Administration has spent three years trying to erect a wealth test for green cards. The U.S. Supreme Court has now cleared the way for the Administration to begin enforcing a new rule making it harder for lower-income immigrants to...
The abysmal condition of Mississippi’s prisons is in the news again after two inmates were beaten to death at Parchman Farm — a location already infamous for brutality and cruelty. Six other inmates have died at Parchman since late December, and here’s the sad truth: what...
The Mississippi Center for Justice Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Vangela M. Wade, a leading attorney and educator, will become its next president and CEO, effective January 15th, 2020. Reilly Morse, who has held the position for the past six years, will...
New America Media Anthony Advincula JACKSON, Miss. — The day her doctor told her that she had acute renal failure and had to start dialysis, Mary Davis was more concerned about the cost of the procedure than about her health. “I thought, ‘how can I afford it?’ I...