‘Once you get infection in your foot, it goes berserk’ Mississippi’s high rate of diabetes makes state breeding ground for foot and leg amputations
By Susan Christensen Health & Research News Service The first time Chris Williams donned a prosthetic leg, “I walked out with it,” he said. The Byram resident had spent months fighting a diabetes-related foot infection, only to endure the disappointment of a below-the-knee amputation. So he was more than ready to move on – whatever it took. “My mentality was I’m going to beat this. I pushed the envelope, and I was back to normal pretty fast,” he said. “A lot of people didn’t know anything was wrong with me.” But like many people with diabetes, Williams’ foot woes weren’t over. Five years after his first amputation, surgeons took off his right leg at mid-thigh. Such scenarios are sadly familiar to Chris Wallace, director of Methodist Orthotics & Prosthetics, an eight-clinic division of Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. “About 75 percent of the lower limb patients we deal with are
For Brown vs. Board of Education, its 69 years and counting
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education. That was 69 years ago. Since that time, the landscape of America’s public schools have changed. Much of it, however, is façade. Much has been deep changes, but it may be surprising what a careful observer would find 69 years after the decision. In May of 1954, legal Jim Crow reigned supreme in the southern and border states. On the other hand, in much of the rest of the country, public schools were racially segregated based upon neighborhoods or housing patterns rather than the law itself. Led by Thurgood Marshall and a team of outstanding lawyers and witnesses, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund had prevailed in its attempt to end the system of gravely disparate funding of public education. Through that case, the plaintiffs also hoped to completely destroy Jim
Promised full disclosure: Bryant sues and is sued following May 5 TANF data dump
Part II Former Gov. Phil Bryant released over 400 pages of text messages and email exchanges on May 5 that appear to link him to
Black historical markers and museums help combat the raging war against Critical Race Theory and the state’s racist history
In December 2017, the state of Mississippi officially opened the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum as a part of the Two Mississippi Museums. Prior to its
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Promised full disclosure: Bryant releases only selected texts linking him to TANF scandals
Part I Former Gov. Phil Bryant is one of the three main architects of Mississippi’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) welfare program that wound
James Woods Jr. announces candidacy for Mississippi House of Representatives District 27
Camden, Mississippi – On March 18, 2023, James Woods Jr. made his official announcement at Sulphur Springs Park alerting the constituents of Madison, Leake, Yazoo,
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A Salute to Dr. Ivory Phillips!
Dr. Ivory Phillips has been a contributing writer to the Jackson Advocate for 42 years. He has been instrumental in highlighting issues in the Jackson community that deal with education and politics.
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An open letter to Mississippi Highway Patrol officers who harassed Blacks in 1971
I, Robert Fair, want you to know that I forgive you and the other officers for how we were treated in 1971. However, it is
U.S. Surgeon General warns of high cost of loneliness
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The U.S. Surgeon General on recently declared widespread loneliness in the United States the latest public
OPINION: Do you mind Tommy Tuberville being in charge of your youth athlete?
Last week, Senator Tommy Tuberville, in something of a slip of the tongue, admitted that many of the followers of Donald Trump are what is
