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As government shutdown drags on, Mississippi healthcare crisis deepens As the federal government enters its third week of shutdown, few states have more at stake than Mississippi.

As the shutdown drags into week 3, Mississippi faces one of the worst health crises in the nation. ACA and Medicaid cuts will push up premiums by 314% in the nation’s poorest state, leaving 23 rural hospitals on the brink of survival. @msindy.bsky.social
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'No Kings' protests: Opposition movement grows to encompass Americans of all walks of life As the dust settles from Mississippi’s No Kings protests on Saturday, this much is becoming clear: Opposition to the Trump administration’s perceived threat to American democracy is drawing larger and...

'No Kings' protests: Opposition movement grows to encompass Americans of all walks of life
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Opinion: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: “The check is long overdue” Let’s be clear: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is not just a date on the calendar—it’s a glaring receipt, marked by exhaustion, resilience and the deep cost of being chronically underpaid.

NEW from Cassandra Welchlin: "Let’s be clear: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is not just a date on the calendar—it’s a glaring receipt, marked by exhaustion, resilience and the deep cost of being chronically underpaid." msindy.org/p/opinion-bl...

Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?

Many thanks to the @msindy.bsky.social for reprinting this article from @thebulwark.com : Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi msindy.org/p/teaching-t...

Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement Writer among millions of Americans who turn out for mass marches, many for the first time

I wrote about the No Kings Protest yesterday in Gulfport, MS for @msindy.bsky.social Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement msindy.org/p/opinion-on...

Opinion: What we miss when we talk about prison reform Why reform that ignores disabled and incarcerated people isn’t reform at all

NEW: Why reform that ignores disabled and incarcerated people isn’t reform at all msindy.org/p/opinion-wh...

Danish legal immigrant in Mississippi for more than a decade detained in ICE facility Family and friends marshal support after man’s arrest while pursuing U.S. citizenship

A Mississippi father of four from Denmark remains in immigration custody after being arrested at his final citizenship interview by ICE agents in mid-April. @msindy.bsky.social @alanhuffman.bsky.social
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Elderly Navy veteran says ex-cop knocked her out during Gulf Coast political dispute A 74-year-old Mississippi woman who was allegedly assaulted by a retired Long Beach police officer during a roadside protest claimed during an emotional phone call with The Mississippi Independent tha...

Thanks to @charress.bsky.social and
@msindy.bsky.social for staying on this story: Elderly Navy veteran says ex-cop knocked her out during Gulf Coast political dispute msindy.org/p/elderly-na...

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Seeding new journalism in Mississippi’s capital city Jackson high school students report on hometown topics under innovative news program

At a time when readers often have difficulty differentiating between truth and internet rumors or disinformation, there is a pressing need for journalists to report objectively and to rely upon documented facts. msindy.org/p/seeding-ne...

Listing as nation's most endangered river cites defunding of federal programs as threat to environment, infrastructure https://msindy.org/p/how-trump-administrations-rash-funding

More than 400 people gathered for the protest rally in Jackson to express their objections to what they viewed as extremist policies and orders issued by President Donald Trump https://msindy.org/p/number-of-protesters-grows-at-state

Grants have been axed for Whitney Plantation, which memorializes slavery along the Great River Road, as per this report. https://msindy.org/p/interpreting-slavery-at-whitney-plantation

The Mississippi River was named the most endangered river in the United States this week. https://msindy.org/p/mississippi-river-conservation-endangered

Federal law provides benchmarks for protecting students and providing records of crimes – but reviewing security at Jackson State University is difficult https://msindy.org/p/students-wonder-about-campus-safety

Jackson Youth Newsroom queried local high school students as part of New York City-based programhttps://msindy.org/p/startup-youth-newsroom-releases-survey