April 6, 2017 – A recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency will likely expose more African-Americans in rural farming areas to a dangerous, brain-damaging toxin known as chlorpyrifos. “Children, in general, are more susceptible to pesticide poisoning for physiological …..
2016/04/08 – The city of Jackson is getting old and like a senior citizen with a lifetime of heavy smoking and alcohol abuse, it’s facing expensive age-related illnesses. The most obvious, outside of the numerous car-eating-size potholes found in some areas, …..
2015/08/19 – Jackson, Mississippi (August 19, 2015) – The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP announced the launch of a campaign aimed at increasing physical activity in Mississippi communities. The campaign seeks to foster partnerships between community-based organizations and public …..
2015/06/05 – Every single public school student in Baltimore will be offered free breakfast and lunch at school regardless of whether a student comes from a low, middle, or upper-income family, the Baltimore Sun reports. The initiative is a part of a federal …..
2015/05/28 – Merit Health Central Hospital must prove it has made changes in handling emergency care patients, or it could lose Medicare funding, officials have warned the Jackson hospital. “We have determined that the deficiencies are so serious that they constitute …..
