March 8, 2021
Deja Abdul-Haqq of My Brother s Keeper in front of the state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi.
Quddus Abdul-Haqq
The support just never comes.
Such is the lament of the executive director of an HIV/AIDS agency in the largest city in one of the most conservative states in the U.S. In this state, Republicans have been the Senate and House reps in D.C. as well as on the state level, including the governorship, for years and years, with no sign of change coming.
It’s one of 12 states that have yet to expand their Medicaid program, despite the fact that the federal government would pay for 90% of it.