> I'll give MS it's props when they deal with the hate crime in their colleges and set up a good free meal program that their state can fund on its own

I don't think the success of a literacy program is negated by the existence of crime on college campuses. I also don't think it's the fault of MS that its citizens generally produce less tax revenue than Californians or New Yorkers.

The expression is "credit where credit's due" and I'd say in this case, credit's due. Well done Mississippi.