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Mississippi is one of the worst states for working families in 2025 and lacks several worker protections other states have, ...
Looking at the new information released from the U.S. Census Bureau, using information from between 2021 to 2023, Louisiana ...
Despite having one of the nation’s top-rated welfare programs, Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the nation: 21.8 percent. While a national group of experts has said poverty numbers ...
The U.S. House of Representatives is now proposing a 46% cut to the LSC’s budget. This means roughly 14,000 Mississippians ...
In a city where nearly 4 in 10 residents live in poverty, Lumberton will open its first food pantry in early 2026.
More than 3,500 babies in the state have died before the age of 1 since 2014, according to Mississippi state health officials ...
A staggering statistic was revealed earlier this week when Mississippi — the poorest state in the United States — revealed that it is facing a newborn death emergency. Now, health officials have ...
Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the ...
In 2023, the opportunity to put her scholarship into practice led Vanessa Nicholson Robinson, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University ...