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Southern LGBTs Get Good, Bad Newsnew
Despite new information about social and economic disparities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the South, Mississippi continues to make slow, steady progress toward equality.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-19-2014 |
LGBT
Mississippi’s Education Enigmanew
The quality of education in Mississippi is falling behind the rest of the nation with only 61 percent of students graduating from high school on time and two-thirds of kindergarteners not ready to learn how to read.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-24-2014 |
Education
Lung Cancer: Know the Facts, Womennew
With Lung Cancer Awareness Month upon us, it’s important to stay informed on the disease.
Jackson Free Press |
Dr. Patricia Thompson |
11-24-2014 |
Health
HRC Campaign Seeks to Bridge Faith and LGBT Advancementnew
The Human Rights Campaign has started an initiative to advance public education and engagement of LGBT issues through advertisements, door-to-door efforts, and communication through mail and phone calls.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-14-2014 |
LGBT
What Does ‘Clean’ Actually Mean?new
People who eat clean learn to read nutrition labels, and, perhaps most importantly, listen to their bodies: If you feel bad after eating certain foods, maybe it's time to give them up.
Jackson Free Press |
Missy Wilkinson |
11-10-2014 |
Health
MAEP Opponents Complain About Program They Helped Implementnew
Many people who don't support the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which aims to support schools across the state with necessary resources, believe the formula is faulty. But few go beyond that in their explanation.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-02-2014 |
Education
A Legal Marriage Under Attacknew
Nick and Jessica Fulgham, who married Sept. 18, received a wave of public backlash when American Family Radio, an anti-gay organization based in Tupelo, broadcast news of their marriage after it happened.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-09-2014 |
LGBT
Trimming the Neo-Southnew
With Mississippi second in the United States for diabetes and obesity rates, we all should take a page from dietician Carolyn O'Neill's book—pun intended. We're one of the unhealthiest states in the nation so something has got to give.
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
10-02-2014 |
Health
Childhood Obesity: Defying Easy Answersnew
Mississippi's obesity rates are staggering: 35 percent of adults and about 40 percent of our children are obese, the highest rates in the nation.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-25-2014 |
Health
Calling All Men of Characternew
To reverse the abuse cycle, it takes all of us, especially men.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-25-2014 |
Crime & Justice
‘Laugh So You Don’t Cry’new
Patients with sickle cell have "sickle" or crescent-shaped blood cells caused by abnormal hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen. Sickled blood cells have a short lifespan and often stick together, blocking blood flow in small vessels in the limbs and organs.
Jackson Free Press |
Mary Spooner |
09-19-2014 |
Health
Mississippi: The Next Stage for Progressivism?new
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s began with black students' protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Mississippi later became its most heated battleground. Is Mississippi the next stage for today's movement of progressive activism?
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
09-18-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: mississippi
Domestic Violence: From #WhyIStayed to #HowILeftnew
After the video surfaced of Ray Rice's assault of his now-wife, Janay, and people on the Internet started asking questions that sounded an awful lot like victim-blaming, an author named Beverly Gooden took to Twitter to explain why she stayed with her abusive husband for more than a year.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
09-18-2014 |
The War on Women
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Blocks Abortion Filmnew
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Executive Director Ronnie Agnew decided to replace PBS' "POV" documentary series "After Tiller" with other programming due to its controversial nature.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
09-11-2014 |
Media
Mississippi Sued for Underfundng Schoolsnew
Angered by the state's failure to fully fund the state's public schools, several Mississippi districts filed a lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
09-04-2014 |
Education
