Mississippi has the distinction of being the poorest state with the highest homicide rate in the U.S., according to a recent analysis from prescription management service NiceRx. Research from the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In a state historically known as a battleground for change, a new report reveals that the fruits of social activism and progress are wanting in Mississippi. Poverty and race ...

Despite having one of the nation’s top-rated welfare programs, Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the nation: 21.8 percent. While a national group of experts has said poverty numbers are ...

Holmes County is the most obese county in Mississippi, the most obese state. The county is also among Mississippi's poorest. Officials are trying... Tackling Obesity Amid Poverty In A Mississippi ...

In 1967, Robert F. Kennedy was two years into his first term as a U.S. senator from New York. He wanted to carve out his own political identity and focus on issues he deeply cared about, one of which ...

Summoned to the South by Marian Wright of the NAACP, Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Joseph Clark traveled to the Mississippi Delta in the Spring of 1967 to assess the effectiveness of the federal War ...

The category may be slightly different, but the names of the unfortunate frontrunners are essentially identical. Yesterday's On Numbers focused on food stamps. Today's story deals with poverty rates.

The tornado that ripped through a Mississippi town Friday night was the kind that fills meteorologists with dread — a storm with a dangerous mix of ingredients hitting the wrong place at the wrong ...