ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Children’s Defense Fund analysis of new 2013 state data released by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals child poverty rates remain at record high levels, and Mississippi leads the ...

The category may be slightly different, but the names of the unfortunate frontrunners are essentially identical. Yesterday's On Numbers focused on food stamps. Today's story deals with poverty rates.

The tour will make its first stop in Jackson and will feature discussions about the city’s ongoing water crisis. The Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour is making its way across the state of Mississippi ...

One of the major problems that African Americans have is not having access to care or not being able to afford the care that they're given, that [is] actually needed. So, a lot of times, African ...