The majority-Black Mississippi Delta region is shrouded in both magic and myth for many outsiders, writer and essayist W.

The bipartisan commission was convened by two D.C.-based public policy think tanks, the Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute, to craft federal policy suggestions that support rural ...

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Food prescriptions, better nutrition can prevent obesity, heart disease Healthier foods can improve education results, Save the Children says Tufts-Tougaloo study working toward sustainable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JONESTOWN, Miss. — As Pastor Bennie Brown sat in the bright red pews of St. James Missionary Baptist, just a few feet away from ...

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. Louisiana State ...

Peasoup’s is still there, Delta State is winning baseball games and Delta dirt is still being sifted for treasure by hundreds of farmers. The Delta is doing just fine, thank you. At the end of April, ...

Delta Fiber LLC, Delta Electric Power Association’s wholly owned broadband subsidiary doing business as DE LightSpeed, is expanding its existing high speed, fiber internet network to additional areas ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Four days before Christmas, Chiquikta Fountain watched as a growing line of cars stretched down a mile of road in the Mississippi Delta. From her vantage point, it seemed like every ...

The Mississippi River carries sediment into the Gulf of Mexico. This true-color image, acquired from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite shows the ...