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Delta poverty, food insecurity still worse than state, U.S. averages

By Alex Rozier | July 14, 2017

Marian Wright Edelman’s tour of the Delta on Thursday showed that many of the issues she and U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy witnessed 50 years ago still trouble the area

The Ultimate Mississippi Playlist

The sound of ‘Chain Gang’ will be heard on The Ultimate Mississippi Playlist. In Round 12 voting, Sam Cooke’s 1960 song outperformed Jesse Winchester’s ‘Mississippi You’re on My Mind,’ The Cedric Burnside Project’s ‘Down in the Delta’ and Shelly Fairchild’s ‘Mississippi Turnpike.’ Next up: four new nominees. Listen and click HERE to vote for the one you believe deserves to join The Ultimate Mississippi Playlist.

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