A host of parasitic diseases commonly thought to have been eradicated in the U.S. are infecting a large number of mostly poor, predominantly Black populations in the Mississippi Delta region.

Human rights activists determined Mississippi and the federal government failed to prevent Black women from dying of cervical ...

The Mississippi state and US federal governments are failing to take steps to prevent cervical cancer deaths for Black women ...

announced the award of $186,756 in Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) grants. This year’s awards will support 11 ...

Gospel music has contributed tremendously to the Mississippi Delta region's unique musical heritage. This new sacred music of the 20th century reflects the concerns of urban life and to a large ...

Languages: English. The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta, a vital ecological and economic region, faces rapid deterioration because of rising sea levels, sediment shortages and invasive species.

A new report explores the disproportionately high death rate among Black women in the Delta from cervical cancer.

In the Mississippi Delta, a rural region with some of the worst health indicators and highest rates of poverty in Mississippi and in the entire United States, racial disparities are even starker ...

which we anticipate will provide significant flood risk reduction in the lower Mississippi Delta while avoiding, minimizing and effectively compensating for impacts to the region’s important ...

It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...

The Greater Delta Region lost a veteran true-blue trooper for family farmers and economic progress with the passing on Nov. 13 of Harvey Joe Sanner of Des Arc.

Mississippi state and the US federal governments have neglected to protect black women from cervical cancer deaths in the rural Mississippi Delta region, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for ...