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All posts tagged "Mississippi"
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1.7KNewsMississippi program shows how giving mothers guaranteed income helps children
Report reveals benefits as pilot programs spread across country.
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462GrantsSupport grants for BIPOC southern artists working for social change
GRANT FOCUS: Social Change, BIPOC, Arts/Culture, Civic Engagement, Race/Ethnicity | Amount: $75,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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1.5KNewsAnalysts say curfews don’t work; cities bet on them as a tool against youth gun violence
“Nothing good really comes about after midnight," said Blakely, Georgia, Police Chief Will Caudill.
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1.5KNewsNative American child advocate to speak at Mississippi conference
Sandy White Hawk will speak at the 10th-annual Indian Child Welfare Act Conference. The event will be held on Feb. 16 at...
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2.2KNewsRelieved by court’s ruling, disability activists say Texas case will decide future of other states’ bans against COVID-19 mask mandates in schools
Parents who don’t want their children to wear masks while in school during the COVID-19 pandemic have insisted that forcing them to...
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1.8KNewsFew Barriers Prevent Gun Trafficking from Mississippi
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayHigh Court’s Recent Juvenile Lifer Ruling is Barbaric
The U.S. Supreme Court last month affirmed that lifetime imprisonment without the possibility of parole is just punishment for Brett Jones, who...
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1.0KGrantsMississippi Nonprofit and Food Pantry Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Nonprofit Support, Food Access, Basic Needs, Mississippi | Amount: Up to $4,000 | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2021
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2.3KNewsDixie Pipeline: Guns Bought in Mississippi Often Reach Chicago Streets
For close to seven years, a Mississippi man bought firearms in and around Natchez before sending them to contacts in Chicago, many...
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2.4KNewsScarred By Chicago Gun Violence, Student Finds Refuge, Purpose in Mississippi
“I don't know how to tell you this, but your brother was shot.” Michael Taylor’s heartbeat quickened. He was having difficulty breathing....
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2.0KNewsHurt By Gang Violence, Greenwood Residents Rally to Rescue City’s Youth
Do not call Brittany Gray, Kenderick Cox and Marcellus Gray activists. The Greenwood natives prefer to be called who they are —...
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3.2KNewsSocial Workers, Navigators Help Mississippi Foster Youth Transition To College
By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly. Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services took Reese and...
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3.2KNewsCommunity Activism a Family Tradition for Head of Violence Interruption Program
She remembers the frantic knocks at the door and the family friend who waited almost hysterical on the other side.
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5.7KNewsJackson, Miss., Turns to Innovative Program to Lower Its Gun Deaths
Mississippi’s capital city is becoming a petri dish for an experiment designed to stop an epidemic of gun violence that claimed 84...
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1.9KNewsJackson, Mississippi, Native Working to Change Culture of Suspension in Its Public Schools
Juan Cloy remembers being suspended when he was at Provine High School in the 1980s. He and several friends got in a...
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2.6KNewsMississippi Judge’s Youth Court Shut Down After Mother Kept from Baby for Year Over Fines
A Mississippi woman who was jailed for seven days for owing $1,000-plus in court fees had custody of her baby given...
