Surviving ‘food apartheid’ in Mississippi’s capital

by Anna Wolf

Photo: Patricia Aaron stands on her street in west Jackson, a neighborhood where over one-third of households take in less than $15,000. (Sarah Warnock/Clarion Ledger)

In a neighborhood where a third of households earn less than US$15,000 a year and 15% are unemployed, finding something to eat takes creativity.

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