Author: Michael Foley

Michael Foley is a writer and public policy activist. Michael works with local policymakers and influencers to improve economic equity in his community. His free e-newsletter, What's the Big Idea, distills the day's headlines to make sense of what is happening in the public policy world, and his website The New South Rising highlights political progress across the South. A lifelong Mississippian, Michael lives in Hattiesburg with his wife, six rescue ferrets, three rescue cats, and three saltwater aquariums. Follow him on Twitter @michaelnfoley.