Since 1890, Mississippi has required candidates for statewide office to win not only more votes than opponents across the whole state, but also in every legislative district.
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Birds found along the Gulf Coast have evolved to ride out hurricanes and tropical storms. But with development degrading the marshes where they live, it’s getting harder for them to bounce back.
Getting the real answers on health gaps requires a deep dive into the demographics.
After the news media move on from a major disaster site, rebuilding continues for years.
With the race for the Democratic nomination narrowed to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, six more states went to the polls on March 10. We asked three scholars to interpret the results.
A Mississippi law that allegedly makes it ‘more difficult for African-
American-preferred candidates to win elections’ will still be in place when voters choose a new governor Tuesday.
Electing a governor in Mississippi requires more than just a majority vote. That election law came about during a time of racist and anti-democratic voting laws meant to entrench ruling parties.
When no one in Mississippi wins a majority of votes in an election, the legislature chooses the winner. This has led to white men winning over and over.
In 2010, approximately 1 million children under the age of 5 were not counted in the census. That meant less state funding for critical services like Early Head Start and SNAP.
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till the morning of his murder. But that hasn’t stopped a poor Mississippi community from trying to profit off one version of the story.
It will be hard and complicated to replace Venezuela’s heavy sour crude.
Georgia’s secretary of state has stalled voter registrations and accused Democrats of hacking. His tactics recall past efforts in the South to suppress black votes, from poll taxes to literacy tests
Does Anne Moody’s memoir represent how far we’ve come as a society? Or is it a stark reminder of how far we need to go?
How do the narrow ribbons of sand that line the Atlantic and Gulf coasts withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in their shape-shifting abilities.
The story of how Nigeria and Mississippi implemented comprehensive sexual education programs despite local opposition offers important lessons about how to boost adolescent sexual health.
Why are people from some states so much healthier than others? Despite what you may hear, it’s not just about genetics or poor choices.
Georgia State law scholar looks to the Constitution for limits.
Trump’s momentum is unchecked by establishment critics, Sanders surprises in Michigan and other key takeaways from the voting on March 8.
Slated to be demolished this year, a crumbling brick building on Ole Miss’ campus once operated as a power plant where novelist William Faulkner shoveled coal – and feverishly wrote.
Our Tropical Future: A new report on the State of the Tropics has revealed rapid changes in human and environmental health in the Earth’s tropical regions. This is the second in a four-part series about…
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Associate Professor of Health, Mississippi State University
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Graduate Student in History, Northwestern University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Staff K-12 Initiatives, Office of the Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Center for Access to Justice, Georgia State University
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Professor of History, Morehouse College
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Professor of Public Health Medicine and Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, James Cook University
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Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies, University of Mississippi
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, American University School of International Service
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Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Health Studies, American University
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Anthropology, and Demography. Director, Water, Health, and Nutrition Laboratory, Penn State
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Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
