Joint report from First Focus and the Brookings Institution underscores ability to use child poverty as an indicator for recession recovery in the United States. The report utilizes statistics from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
The Clarion-Ledger Written by Gary Pettus Back when Joyce Kamwana was diagnosed with HIV, it was considered "equal to death," she said. More than 20 years later, Kamwana, an HIV survivor with two children, is on a mission to ensure the virus that leads to AIDS does not...
By ANITA LEE - calee@sunherald.com GULFPORT -- Residents have asked state port officials for more than a year to track the number and kinds of jobs a massive port expansion will create. The federal government is now demanding it. The port is expected to receive a total...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GULFPORT, Miss. — The federal government is now demanding that Gulfport state port officials start to track the number and type of jobs a $621 million port expansion will create. The port is expected to receive a total of $621 million in Community Development...
Backward laws and ignorant legislators make Mississippi an especially deadly place to be sick By Irin Carmon, salon.com Recently, an elderly woman in Mississippi was left alone on the curb outside a hospital emergency room. The woman didn’t have a medical emergency. She’d been dumped by...
Sun Herald By ANITA LEE - calee@sunherald.com GULFPORT -- The last Katrina recovery program for homeowners, the Neighborhood Home Program, is behind schedule but repairs should begin next month on the first of thousands of homes. Irene Walker, 83, has been living with family members since the hurricane...
The Clarion Ledger Written by Jimmie E. Gates Two veteran attorneys who have championed justice and civil rights for citizens will be honored today at the Jackson Convention Complex. Constance Slaughter-Harvey and Rob McDuff will be celebrated for their work by the nonprofit Mississippi Center for Justice. "These two...
NPR recently visited Mississippi Center for Justice to follow-up on Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Visit this link to hear audio and read transcripts from their stories....
The 2005 storms that devastated the Gulf region will long be studied by policy analysts, historians, and social commentators for their size and impact. Since 2005, the world has witnessed new devastation with earthquakes in Haiti and China, floods in Pakistan, and the tsunami that...
Clarion Ledger by Ruth Ingram Betty Lee knows what she'd do if a tornado threatened her Jackson home. "I'd go get in the bathtub," said Lee, 67. She found out Tuesday that there's so much more to disaster preparedness: Gathering legal documents into a notebook or envelope, ready to...
