18 Nov Politics & income, not technology, could impede Mississippi’s ACA outreach

Posted at November 18, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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14 Nov Mississippi Edition

Posted at November 14, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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14 Nov For-profit colleges a bad deal for veterans in Mississippi

Posted at November 14, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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12 Nov For-profit schools taking advantage of veterans, Mississippi Center for Justice charges

Posted at November 12, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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08 Nov Supreme court disadvantage: Judges could gut key environmental justice standard

Posted at November 08, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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05 Nov Mississippi businesses feel impact of BP court battles

Posted at November 05, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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04 Nov Students create rap video on health care act

Posted at November 04, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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11 Oct Our View: Center for Justice and Women’s Fund — 10 years of making a better Mississippi

Posted at October 11, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

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...

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25 Sep Bryant: Medicaid special session starts Thursday

Posted at September 25, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

SFGate.com Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers into special session at 10 a.m. Thursday and asking them to do in less than four days what they didn't do in three months. He wants them to adopt a Medicaid budget...

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18 Sep Paheadra Robinson on Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Posted at September 18, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Public BroadcastingPaheadra Robinson is interviewed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Karen Brown about predatory lending ahead of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hearing in Itta Bena, Miss. She discusses the predatory nature of payday loans and opportunities to create alternatives via partnerships between financial institutions...

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