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The South, still ruled by 'the handful'

By Joe Atkins

April 22, 2013 - As the South's hard-right pols block expanding Medicaid to a population in need, they show that civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer's description of the region's government as "with the handful, for the handful, by the handful" remains true today.

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Mississippi students see labor and civil rights as their social justice movement

By Joe Atkins

November 1, 2012 - Inspired by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, the Mississippi Student Justice Alliance was formed to help workers at the giant Nissan plant in Canton, Miss. unionize and to educate young people about labor issues.

James Meredith, still a loner, still on a mission, 50 years later

By Joe Atkins

October 1, 2012 - Today marks 50 years since James Meredith became the first black person to enter the University of Mississippi, sparking a riot that some have called "the last battle of the Civil War." Now 80, he has continued to baffle admirers and detractors throughout his life.

The South, still ruled by 'the handful'

Mississippi students see labor and civil rights as their social justice movement

James Meredith, still a loner, still on a mission, 50 years later

We are building a better South.