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Alivia Terry looks nervously at the adults waiting for she and her classmates from the Anderson Grove Head Start program in Caledonia, Miss., to ring their hand bells to accompany several patriotic songs, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., at the conclusion of a rally by early childhood education supporters, childcare providers and supporters who called for support of the Mississippi Pre K Collaborative Act before this year's legislature. The groups lobbied their lawmakers to support the legislation that provides funding for local partnerships between public, parochial and private schools and licensed child care programs in some parts of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
The No-Win Decisions of Child Care
May 5, 2013 | News & Notes
Many low-income mothers are faced with a no-win choice in trying to find child care that they can afford.
FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks in Fort Lauderdale. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After President Obama won re-election, the Republican governor softened his tone. He said he wanted to "have a conversation" with the administration about implementing the 2010 law. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
Where do America’s Most Uninsured States Stand on the Obamacare Medicaid Expansion?
Updated February 21, 2013

See which governors with high numbers of uninsured constituents opted out of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, and which — like Florida’s Rick Scott — reluctantly jumped on board. Continue reading

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This Week in Poverty: The Invisibles in Mississippi and the United States
September 30, 2012 | News & Notes
A look at poverty in Mississippi and a roundup of articles about income inequality in America.
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What Inspired Robert F. Kennedy’s Fight Against Hunger
June 22, 2012

See photo depictions of life for poor African Americans in rural Mississippi in the late 1960s. Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign stop at the Port of Pascagoula on Thursday in Pascagoula, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Mitt’s Mississippi Disconnect
March 10, 2012 | Connecting the Dots

Mitt Romney says we’d be “a lot better off” if Washington took governmental lessons from… the poorest state in America. Come again? Continue reading