The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

For many years, Laila Brown, a 16-year-old from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and her peers had conversations about the stigma of periods and the lack of period products at school. After learning about “period poverty,” or inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products and education, Brown and her older sister, Asia, 21, wanted…

Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley, 2, has been charged in connection with the death of Khalysie Lashay Jolley

Mississippi cuts Medicaid coverage just 60 days after birth, leaving women to "die," expert says

The "Pink House" in Jackson has been fighting for safe, legal abortion for more than a decade. It's now at the centre of a once-in-a-generation legal stoush, with consequences that will shake the foundation of American life.