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- Call center workers employed at Maximus, went on strike in Hattiesburg, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Maximus call center in Hattiesburg, site of regular strikes, lays off 143 workers
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/20/23-2:02PM , 816 Reads 18,091 Statewide
Friday marks the last day of work for 143 Maximus call center employees in Hattiesburg who were told last week they no longer have jobs.

Maximus said overstaffing led to the decision to cut some of the workforce handling calls for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Mississippi Health Department taps new medical marijuana program leadership
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/16/23-9:46AM , 1,236 Reads 38,098 Statewide
Mississippi’s fledgling Medical Cannabis Program will have a new director starting this week, according to a state Health Department letter obtained by Mississippi Today.
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- Andrew Johnson, a farmer in Indianola, plowing a field in preparation for soy bean planting, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Johnson is one of several Black workers who filed a lawsuit against Pitts Farms in 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Black Delta farm workers who were paid less than white South Africans settle lawsuits outside court
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/06/23-1:46PM , 848 Reads 15,424 Statewide
The 13 Black farm workers who sued two Delta Farms — accusing the farm operators of racists hiring practices and paying white visa workers from South Africa more per hour — have reached a settlement outside of court, their attorneys announced this week.
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- Mississippi Center for Justice attorney Ty Pinkins (right), is overcome with emotion as Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh listens, as Pinkins describe the unfair treatment of Black farmer, during a panel discussion at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Indianola, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Ty Pinkins, Army veteran and Delta advocate, announces U.S. Senate run
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/04/23-11:58AM , 738 Reads 21,063 Statewide
Ty Pinkins, the Army veteran and Delta advocate who fought against racist pay for Mississippi farm workers, announced Tuesday he will run against incumbent Sen. Roger Wicker for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2024 as a Democrat.
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