ProPublica Paul Kiel ProPublica, Dec. 13, 2013, 10:47 a.m. Five years ago, Naya Burks of St. Louis borrowed $1,000 from AmeriCash Loans. The money came at a steep price: She had to pay back $1,737 over six months. “I really needed the cash, and that was the only thing...
Sun HeraldThe Gulfport Branch NAACP will hold its Freedom Fund Banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Hard Rock resort and Casino, 777 Beach Blvd., Biloxi. During the banquet, the organization will honor former Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Fred L. Banks Jr., one...
New America Media Khalil Abdullah Jackson, MS – While much of the scrutiny of the Affordable Care Act has been focused on the technical glitches of the October launch of the healthcare.gov website, Cover Mississippi, an amalgam of non-profit and private interests, has been working to reach...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Since 2009, $83-million of Federal G.I. Bill money has come into Mississippi. 14% of that has gone to for-profit colleges, even though those schools only enroll 7% of the students. That's all according to a new report released by the Mississippi Center for...
Non Profit Quarterly Rick Cohen Are nonprofit schools a better deal for returning veterans than for-profit schools? A study by the Mississippi Center for Justice finds that since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 14 percent of $83 million in GI Bill funds spent for education in Mississippi went...
Clarion Ledger Jimmie E. Gates For-profit schools prey on Mississippi veterans by getting their education assistance benefits but providing, in turn, an inferior education, charges the nonprofit Mississippi Center for Justice. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, more than $83 million GI Bill funds went to...
Grist Brentin Mock The U.S. Supreme Court has a stack of cases on its docket this session that should concern environmentalists, notably the suite of cases aimed at limiting the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases, and the case involving an oil billionaire who wants to dump even more...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting EVELINA BURNETT BP and attorneys representing some of the businesses who say they were hurt by the 2010 Gulf oil spill were back in court this week. MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports on how the ongoing legal battles are affecting Mississippi businesses. BP has argued...
Bolivar Commercial Courntey Stevens "I wonder if he were me and I were you would you believe in healthcare? A better welfare?" Shelby's Students Involved in Community Change program are rapping about positive things in their lives in order to send a message — Take the high road. Andre...
Mississippi Business Journal blogThe Mississippi Center for Justice and the Women’s Fund of Mississippi launched 10 years ago this year with missions so daunting they could have left the leadership of both organizations wondering “Where do we start?” The answer for the pair of fledgling non-profits...
