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Andrew Johnson, a farmer of Indianola, heading out to plow a field in preparation for soy bean planting, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Exploited: White Delta farm owners are underpaying and pushing out Black workers
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/29/22-1:58PM, 257 Reads
A Mississippi Today investigation found at least five Delta farms paid their primarily Black local workforce less money per hour than temporary workers from other countries – most often, white men from South Africa.

The new crop of workers arrived with clipped accents and small khaki shorts.
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Author of Mississippi’s 15-week ban says state leaders must pass reforms to help women or ‘get out of the way’
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/27/22-9:26AM, 264 Reads
Becky Currie wrote the Mississippi law that changed the nation.

Currie, a lawmaker, nurse, mom and devout Christian from Brookhaven, said she was “as happy as I can be” Friday, nearly five years after she began writing legislation to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks.
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Dr. Cheryl Hamlin drives to the airport after completing what will likely be her last shift at the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Dr. Hamlin travels from Massachusetts to Jackson to assist patients seeking abortions. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

With Roe on the line, an abortion provider travels to Jackson for what may be her final shift
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/16/22-11:22AM, 296 Reads
Dr. Cheryl Hamlin once attended a demonstration against the Iraq War in the Boston Common, but she’s never felt like much of a radical. Then she started providing abortions in Mississippi.
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Alana “Lana” Slaughter, who goes by Alana Canton on social media, moved into the Raymond home of an older woman to be her caregiver. Then the woman's family ousted her and her toddler over a dispute over the quality of care. Sarah Warnock/MCIR

MCIR: Caregiving disputes expected to rise with aging baby boomers population
By JIMMIE E. GATES - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,06/13/22-10:26AM, 557 Reads
For more than one and half years, Alana “Lana” Slaughter was the caregiver with her family’s consent to Kathy Mashburn, a woman she called a friend and mother figure.
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