MIT's living wage calculator shows Mississippi residents need more than minimum wage to be self-sufficient. A single adult with no children needs $20.75/hour, while a single adult with three children ...

The Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour is making its way across the state of Mississippi to raise awareness about the needs of the state's most vulnerable residents. Taking place Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, ...

The category may be slightly different, but the names of the unfortunate frontrunners are essentially identical. Yesterday's On Numbers focused on food stamps. Today's story deals with poverty rates.

Mississippi’s minimum wage hasn’t changed in more than a decade. A new bill in Congress is testing how far Washington is willing to go — and how close workers here could come to $25 an hour. Last year ...