Struggling to survive in the Mississippi Delta

Daily Mail (08/06/2017)
  • 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.