America’s Harmful War on Drugs: Marking An Unfortunate 50th Anniversary

In Mississippi, our drug laws have often fallen in simultaneous step with the War on Drugs. Yet, drug use is increasing, overdose rates are higher than ever, and thousands of families have a loved one currently incarcerated on a non-violent drug charge in the Mississippi prison system.Â
ACA Survives State-Backed Lawsuit, Saving Coverage For 111,000 Mississippians

Nearly 111,000 Mississippians will keep their health care after the U.S. Supreme Court, for the third time in nine years, rejected an effort by Republican-led states to invalidate the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.