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Mississippi Today55d
Mississippi is losing public school students. Where are they going?
Mississippi has lost nearly 70,000 public school students since the state’s student population started its downturn in 2013.
Mississippi Today55d
Belhaven’s Charles Rugg: Proof that big-time coaches don’t always reach the big time
Charles Rugg, a Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer who died Thursday at the age of 94, might well have been the best basketball coach 99.9% of the world’s basketball fans never heard of.
Mississippi Today55d
Bennie Thompson may be safe for 2026 election after Gov. Reeves recognizes redistricting’s pitfalls for the GOP
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves ignored intense pressure and announced recently he was canceling an upcoming legislative special session where it was speculated that he would try to redraw Mississippi’s f
Global Voices55d
How nature-based solutions can help vulnerable and marginalized communities overcome climate injustice
NbS plays a crucial role in mitigating flood impacts and safeguard vital ecosystem services
The Marshall Project55d
The Incredible Story Behind The Escorts, a 1970s Soul Band Formed in Prison
A prison talent show, a former Motown producer and the promise that their album proceeds would go toward the costs of their incarceration.
TorrentFreak55d
Lithuania Pitches Pirate Site Blocking as Defense Against “Hybrid Warfare,” Including Russian Disinformation
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK), the Baltic country’s media watchdog, has been one of Europe’s most active anti-piracy enforcers.
CDC Newsroom55d
CDC Mobilizes International Response Following Ebola Disease Outbreak in DRC and Uganda
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mobilized Ebola response.
Grist55d
Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant
A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build a massive power plant. The energy won’t be going to residential customers, though. Instead
Inside Climate News55d
What to Expect as El Niño Approaches
By Bob Berwyn
Reason Magazine55d
Memories of a Different Planet: Roentgenizdat
From Wikipedia, photo by Dmitry Rozhkov of display "Rock on bones" in Gallery "Vinzavod", Moscow (2008) My father Vladimir was remarking yesterday about an item from his youth in the USSR: People wan
The Hechinger Report55d
Many boys aren’t interested in school. Can opening more career-focused high schools help?
DANIELSON, Conn. — Inside the carpentry classroom at Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School in eastern Connecticut, three dozen sophomores and juniors are building cabinets and framing walls. Saw