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Address Jackson Water Crisis, Then All Existing Systems Failing Our Children

Rhea Williams-Bishop, director of Mississippi and New Orleans programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation writes that “together, we can be the ones who create the environments and communities that build up our children, rather than tear them down.” She encourages Mississippians to come together to solve the Jackson water crisis—and then to repair the systems that led to it.

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Lunar Mining And Moon Land Claims Enters Gray Area Of Outer Space Treaty, Negotiations Underway

“At least six countries and a flurry of private companies have publicly announced more than 250 missions to the Moon to occur within the next decade,” Attorney Michelle L.D. Hanlon writes. “On Earth, possession and ownership of natural resources are based on territorial sovereignty. Conversely, Article II of the Outer Space Treaty—the 60-year-old agreement that guides human activity in space—forbids nations from claiming territory in space, including the Moon, planets and asteroids. So how will space resources be managed?”

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All of Mississippi Shares in Launch of NASA’s Artemis I Mission

Dr. Richard J. Gilbreach, director of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, writes that he feels blessed to lead such a talented team that worked on the frontline to build each of the four RS-25 engines that will help launch Artemis I to the moon on Aug. 29, 2022, from Florida’s Space Coast. SSC is a NASA rocket-testing facility in Hancock County near Bay St. Louis, Miss., located on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi-Louisiana border.

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Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice: Emotional Intelligence Needed in Reproductive Rights Discussion

Hattiesburg, Miss., native Virginia Sciolino writes that when having discussions centering abortion and women’s reproductive rights, emotional intelligence and empathy is needed to break barriers and to challenge systemic disparities. We should “come into conversations with an emphasis on empathy, boundaries, mutual care and respect,” she writes.

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