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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 17, 2018

‘Preacher’ Killen’s death closes a shameful chapter in Mississippi’s history

There was a generation of Mississippians who not only were unapologetic for their involvement in violent institutional racism enforced by fear and mob rule, but were likewise rather proud of their notorious reputations earned in pursuit of those misguided and dangerous goals. That’s the cold, ominous persona I remember being projected by a Ku Klux…
Opinion  |  Editor  • 
January 17, 2018

Which has a higher real poverty rate – Mississippi or California? SURPRISE!

In an op-ed this week’s LA Times . . . Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing,…