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One Big Ugly Bill Toolkit for Advocates in the Deep South
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Trouble Accessing TANF in Mississippi?
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a program that was designed to help low-income families with children achieve economic self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, many families in Mississippi are denied TANF benefits, and we want to know why.
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‘40 acres and a mule’ was no myth: Royal, Florida’s fight for land and freedom
Forget what you’ve been told: 40 acres and a mule — the federal government’s broken promise of land to newly freed Black Americans — wasn’t a myth. It happened. And in Royal, Florida, it’s a legacy. Black families have safeguarded land first secured after the Civil War for more than 160 years — a history…
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Impact of Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget Bill on the Deep South
Families across the country are working hard to stay afloat — paying more for everything from groceries to rent to health care. President Trump’s One Big Ugly Budget bill (“this law”) guts basic needs programs for low-income people — cutting $1 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace spending, along with $187 billion…
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The 2025 Truth, Poverty, and Democracy Tour — Mississippi
Why This Tour Matters Join us for a five-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. Tour updates Location and topic schedule 2025 Truth, Poverty and…
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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 five-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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