The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws

For many years, Laila Brown, a 16-year-old from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her peers had conversations about the stigma of periods and the lack of period products at school. After learning about “period poverty,” or inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, Brown and her older sister, Asia, 21, wanted…

Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley, 2, has been charged in connection with the death of Khalysie Lashay Jolley

Mississippi cuts Medicaid coverage just 60 days after birth, leaving women to "die," expert says