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The 2025 Truth, Poverty, and Democracy Tour — Mississippi
Why This Tour Matters Join us for a six-day journey that sheds light on the deep connections between poverty, systemic inequalities, and democracy. Learn from community leaders, advocates, and those directly impacted by these issues as we work toward a more just and equitable society. Location and topic schedule 2025 Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour…
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Victims of Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis face eviction from their homes
For weeks this summer, Doris Glasper’s taps were dry. She had paid her rent and utility bills. She knew that much. But her apartment complex’s owner had not. He owed more than $100,000 to JXN Water, the city’s water authority, and the residents of Blossom Apartments were suffering the consequences. The 70-year-old grandmother shares a…
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Five ways you can continue to fight against the ‘One Big Ugly Bill Act’
On the eve of Independence Day, our Republican-led Senate and House moved at breakneck speed to narrowly pass their one big, ugly budget bill that cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid and SNAP to give massive tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy. While President Trump and his supporters celebrate this cruel law that takes…
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2025 Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour Registration
The Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour is a multicounty civic engagement and public awareness campaign dedicated to elevating the voices and lived experiences of Mississippians impacted by deep poverty. This four-day tour will highlight the intersections of health care, housing, food insecurity and democracy through community conversations, service projects and town halls.
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Making Recovery Last
Power has three faces. The first face — we see who won and who lost. The second face: who decides. To figure that out, you must ask who is benefiting and who is losing: the third face. This is when the deep structural contours of power emerge.” — Marshall Ganz on Steven Lukes’ “three faces…
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Exposing Gaps in Disaster Relief
The time is now for federal funding to adequately support communities that are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters and climate change by focusing preparation and recovery efforts on rebuilding communities, not just rebuilding property.” In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a storm with sustained winds of 125 mph when it made landfall, caused widespread destruction…
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Keeping the Power On
The storm’s impact of displacing thousands of voters depressed voter turnout to 36%, down 10 points from 2002.” Hurricane Katrina brought devastation to the Gulf Coast, with an estimated 1,392 fatalities, 300,000 homes destroyed, and over a million people displaced. The storm was responsible for over $125 billion in damages and an estimated $2.9 billion…
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From Katrina to Helene
Far-right groups seek to exploit natural disasters to spread conspiracy theories, slow government response, and present benign public personas.” In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, it didn’t just cause horrific flooding. It laid bare the structural racism in this country, with media coverage providing one example. At the…
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Weathering the Storm
The U.S. wholly failed to provide these protections in the aftermath of Katrina, especially with respect to Black communities.” Hurricane Katrina, like other climate-related disasters, raises a host of issues that are addressed by international human rights laws and standards. These laws and standards, including relevant treaties and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal…
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The Picture of Prejudice
“The media brought a white gaze to our neighborhoods. Their interpretation of who the people were was a huge misfire based on a long-term disengagement with Black media.” — Rachel Breunlin, professor of anthropology at University of New Orleans Twenty years after floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina inundated the low-lying areas of New Orleans, where most…
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