- 32 year-old single mother of five Otibehia Allen struggles to support her family on minimum wage as a transportation dispatcher.
- Mississippi’s has some of the worst schools and social services in America.
- The state’s (republican) Governor Phil Bryant rejected Obama’s nationwide expansion of medical care for the poor.
- In most Mississippi Delta communities, the poverty rate is 30-40% vs. the national rate of 15%.
- Poor residents report high levels of stress, obesity, and diabetes.
Struggling to survive in the Mississippi Delta
(08/06/2017)