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Mississippi: The Next Stage for Progressivism?new
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s began with black students' protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Mississippi later became its most heated battleground. Is Mississippi the next stage for today's movement of progressive activism?
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
09-18-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: mississippi
A Bust for Barbour’s Corporate Welfarenew
Chiquita, known as the United Fruit Company before that name became synonymous with political bullying and corruption in Latin America, announced recently that it was moving its operation at the Port of Gulfport to New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-06-2014 |
Business & Labor
The Police State That Was Mississippinew
One out of every four adult Americans now has a police record. Louisiana and Mississippi lead the nation in putting people behind bars.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
04-14-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Mandela and the Southnew
When Nelson Mandela spoke to the U.S. Congress on June 26, 1990, the godfather of modern-day Republican obstructionism, the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, wasn't in the chamber.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
12-27-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Immorality of Incarcerationnew
An estimated 65 million people in this country have a criminal record, more than one out of every four adult Americans. One out of every three black males now in their early teens will end up in jail, according to the Justice Department. For Latino males, it's one of out of every five.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
12-05-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Not Saying We’re Perfectnew
Bluesman Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry isn't really howling mad. Even when he opens the door of the Two Stick restaurant here for our interview, he has a grin on his face as wide as the swath of sunshine that follows him in.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
03-21-2013 |
Commentary
Organizing in the Southnew
The spirit of revival certainly was in the air at Tougaloo College's Holmes Hall
Jan. 29, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to show support for Nissan workers seeking a union election at the giant plant in Canton.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
02-15-2013 |
Business & Labor
Attention Walmart Shoppersnew
Walmart's "chintzy" attitude toward the wages and benefits of its workers isn't news. What may be news to many, however, is just how bad it is for workers at Walmart suppliers around the world.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
12-21-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Walmart Suppliers
'We Can't Be Bought'new
Mama was right: Money can't buy everything.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
All Labor Has Worthnew
Josh Dedmond, Monica Atkins, Tyson Jackson and other Jackson-area members of the newly formed Mississippi Student Justice Alliance are planning an “I Am” labor-and-civil rights conference in Jackson in late November.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
10-11-2012 |
Civil Liberties
'Mississippi is Mine'new
What James Meredith did not only changed a university, but also a state and a nation.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
09-16-2012 |
Nonfiction
The Dark Sidenew
We were sitting around a picnic table at Stanley's Campgrounds outside of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., drinking beer and George Dickel, playing poker and telling tales when Richard walked over from a neighboring trailer.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
08-17-2012 |
Music
Not So Young Gunsnew
I'm staring into the face of Marshal Wyatt Earp. It's not exactly as I remember him back when I was a 10-year-old would-be cowboy and Wyatt was on television every Tuesday night.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Tags: The Virginian, Cowboys and Aliens
