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Community-based researcher Barbara Brooks of Leland (left), Candrese Jones (second left), a community-based researcher from Boyle, Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for Economic and Social Justice regional administrator (center), Latoya Lowe, a community-based researcher from Belzoni, and Leland resident Stacey Wiggins, during a panel discussions regarding cervical cancer on women in the Delta, the lack of care and the impact of racism regarding that care, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Jackson Medical Mall. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Black women in the Delta with cervical cancer more likely to die because of health system failures
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/06/25-1:35PM , 895 Reads 8,623 Statewide
“It is a cancer that is preventable and highly treatable if people have access to the right kind of medical professionals and screenings and the HPV vaccination.”

Systemic failures have led Black women in the Mississippi Delta to have disproportionately high death rates from cervical cancer, a new report concludes.
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‘School choice,’ education funding and teacher pay among education issues lawmakers will address
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/12/24-4:11PM , 676 Reads 7,879 Statewide
School choice – including using tax dollars to pay for private schools – education funding and teacher pay promise to be among the top issues lawmakers discuss in the 2025 legislative session that starts in January.
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Already dire lack of affordable housing for low-income Mississippians on verge of worsening
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/05/24-1:51PM , 282 Reads 4,808 Statewide
In Mississippi, where there’s already a dearth of 50,000 or more affordable homes for extremely low-income residents, that number could grow in the next five years.
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Will Mississippi schools join the cellphone ban bandwagon?
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,10/30/24-11:45AM , 364 Reads 6,329 Statewide
Many state lawmakers want to take action on teen mental health and say they believe restricting cellphone use in schools is a solution. But opinions and research on the topic are mixed.

Among those who oppose a full ban: Two high school students from opposite ends of the state.
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