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Opinion

Mistrust, political division, and isolation threaten more than elections, economic policies

Pew Center Research reflects a widely shared belief in this nation that distrust of the federal government and distrust among fellow Americans is a fundamental ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Friday, May 20, 2022 8:09 am

Opinion

A vital record: Journal article chronicles path to changing Mississippi’s state flag

In any given publication since 1939, The Journal of Mississippi History has been an invaluable record of the institutional memory of the state of Mississippi. But few ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Wednesday, April 27, 2022 7:44 am

Opinion

Mississippi poultry producers got early lessons in global trade conflicts with Russia 

Forget for a moment, if you can, the horrible human cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set aside the sad visages of the dead ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 2:31 pm

Opinion

Will Mississippi voters regain the ability to engage in the voter referendum process?

As the 2022 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature moves forward, the question of the future of medical marijuana in the Magnolia State remains in ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Friday, January 14, 2022 9:46 am

Opinion

California, Massachusetts laws could raise food prices far beyond their state’s borders 

Voters in California and Massachusetts have directly passed laws regulating the conditions in which pigs, hens, and calves are housed in industrial agriculture production facilities ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Monday, December 27, 2021 12:28 pm

Opinion

Sen. Inouye was a product of a nation striving to unite, defend freedoms, heal differences

One of the more meaningful events during the observances last week of the 80th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on Pearl Harbor was the ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2:09 pm

News

Type 2 Diabetes—smoking causes that

The more cigarettes you smoke, the higher your risk for developing type 2 diabetes. According to the most recent data from the Mississippi State Department ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:17 pm

News

JDC students will receive P-EBT funds for 2020-2021 school year

Parents of public school students in Mississippi who met certain requirements are beginning to receive food assistance payments from the Mississippi Department of Human Services ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 8:18 am

Opinion

Like the rest of the nation, state’s Death Row population declines the last 20 years 

Mississippi hasn’t executed a Death Row inmate since former grocery store butcher Gary Carl Simmons Jr. was executed on June 20, 2012, for the grisly ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 4:40 pm

Opinion

Did I wait too long to save for my child’s college education?

By the time your child is nine years old, they are halfway to college. As the father of a 10-year-old, that’s a pretty startling sentence ... Read more

by Staff Reports, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 4:38 pm

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