Global Citizen is focusing on cities to combat extreme poverty amid global political gridlock. The international advocacy ...

The government approved the building up pumps for Mississippi Delta flood control in 1941. More than eight decades later, a ...

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Discussing solutions to poverty, mayoral candidates said the city of Jackson should enter into more contracts with minority-owned businesses, while Mayor Lumumba touted the city’s recent selection of ...

Yet Yazoo City faces major challenges. Many of those issues are endemic in much of rural America—a lack of opportunity that leads to poverty and depopulation, which further diminishes opportunity—but ...

A long road to travel If nothing else, the first Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour showed that the issues facing rural populations, especially Black citizens, across Mississippi are numerous. “We ...

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — As the country mourns former President Jimmy Carter, residents in Yazoo City honored their connection to the 39th U.S. president. In 1977, Carter visited Yazoo City for a town hall ...

Yazoo City, population 9,750, is the threshold of the Mississippi Delta, a flat expanse largely defined by its fertile farmland and entrenched poverty.

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So they piled into his car and sped toward Yazoo City, Miss., the closest town with an emergency room, about 30 miles away. On the way, Ms. Ball-Stribling had a seizure.

The Yazoo City Indians are on the cusp of a second-straight MHSAA State Championship after Tuesday’s convincing 56-41 semifinal win over Provine. With star guards Tamarion Hoover and Damarion ...