Nation Night Out will be held on the grounds of the Jackson Medical Mall on October 6. Volunteers and vendors are being sought for the event that is free and open to the public.
Nation Night Out at the Jackson Medical Mall on October 6
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National Cancer Survivors Day Highlights at the Jackson Medical Mall
Photos by Gail M. Brown/The Mississippi Link The Rebirth Alliance and the Jackson Medical Mall held a National Cancer Survivors Day event at the Jackson Medical Mall on Saturday, June 2. The event was held […]
Business
Busting the Romney myth: ‘47 Percenters’ pour out seeking jobs, not handouts
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Staff Writer
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, “There are 47 percent of the American people who will vote for the president no matter what…, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”
Perhaps Romney should have attended the Sept. 26 (and last year’s) 2nd Annual Jobs for Jacksonians Job Fair and Business Engagement Summit held at the Jackson Medical Mall on Woodrow Wilson Blvd. In this city of over 75 percent African Americans, there were job seekers who filled the Mall’s hallways stretching over a block long and standing or passing nearly elbow to elbow…. […]
Health
Health advocates decry Mississippi’s lack of Medicaid expansion
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Groups supporting low-income Mississippi residents said Tuesday that elected officials are ignoring 300,000 people and refusing billions of federal dollars by choosing not to expand Medicaid in one of the poorest […]