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Will feds bring consistency to Mississippi’s disjointed mental health system?

By Shirley Smith

A landmark court decision gives hope to people with mental illness in Mississippi, who are caught up in a dysfunctional mental health system, and their families.

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G: The Miseducation of Larry P

By Lee Romney
In the state of California, it is off-limits to administer an IQ test to a child if he or she is Black. That’s because of a little-known case called Larry P v Riles that in the 1970s put the IQ test itself on trial.

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