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Agriculture
fromThe New Yorker
6 days ago

How White South Africans Are Reshaping the Mississippi Delta

Thousands of white South African workers are employed in the United States on agricultural visas, with growing communities in rural areas like Mississippi.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

What the Ice Storm Did to Mississippi

On the Saturday night that the storm hit Mississippi, we had dripped our faucets for the temperature drop and stockpiled flashlights, groceries, extra blankets. By 11:30 p.m., my husband was pulling on his rain boots and heading outside to tarp our heating unit: "A branch has already fallen onto a power line in our backyard," he told me. Three hours later, I was shaken awake. "Mom, I think a tree just fell on our house," my 13-year-old son said.
Environment
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