The mother of Trey Reed and the New Black Panther Party, rallied at Delta State University to assert his death was a lynching ...

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly ...

The Health and Human Services secretary is standing at the opposite end of his late father’s anti-poverty legacy.

In a state where the obesity rate ranks among the highest in the country, many health providers were thrilled when ...

This story was originally published by Capital B. Sowing Resilience: Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity.

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — ...

"At certain times over the last 16 months, I have found, for the first time, my patriotism challenged -- at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as a result of the ...

The state has vowed to step in and provide food assistance for many who face a cut-off in federal SNAP aid. But there is ...

Some of Trey Reed's family will protest this weekend. The Black Mississippi man was found hanging from a tree at Delta State University. What we know ...

On Wednesday night, Dr. Teona Williams ’12 spoke to a crowded room of students, professors and community members in Mills ...

I joined the Southern Poverty Law Center’s five-day Mississippi Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour, which began on Sept. 30, ...

Cindy Hudnall runs Saints’ Brew Soup Kitchen in Tupelo where she serves hot breakfasts to close to 100 people every weekday – working parents, the elderly, the homeless, veterans and even young adults ...